My bioload

[iMob]

Okay to cut everything short..
Swc 160 cone skimmer rated at 100 gallons high bioload and 150 gallons light bioload...33 gallon long tank,20 gallon sump.
Would I be okay housing these fish?
2 clowns
3 wrasses(fairy)
Dwarf angelfish
Blue spot jawfish
And maybe like 2 chromis

Will be a mixed reef but a majority of SPS,and housing a full size rbta.

 

[killarsox]

The SWC 160 will be more than enough.
Even with heavy feeding you should be more than good.

FWIW I run a SWC 160 on my 90g.

 

[philosophile]

Your chromis will kill each other in a 30g. You probably have enough filtration, but I don't think you have enough room for the fish. I'm pretty sure the angel won't do well too.

 

[jerpa]

I agree you may have enough filtration but you do not have enough space. The clowns will claim most, if not all, of the tank and a full grown RBTA can get over 12+ inches in diameter. You will have limited space for placing corals with the anemone. The wrasses and dwarf angelfish both occupy the same space in the tank so I doubt those 4 would work together. I'm not too familiar with jawfish so I can't comment. You will most likely end up with one chromis if you go with multiples. It's often more about space in regards to stocking limits rather than filtration. You could probably do the clowns, 1 wrasse, a goby and maybe a chromis. That would be the max IMO and even that would be a little tight.

 

[iMob]

Yeah Im not getting the chromis...no point they're ugly.

On a 48x12x12 tank I think it should be enough space for everyone honestly,if people can have 4 fish in a 20 gallon then I can definatly have 7 fish in a 48 inch long tank.plus the fish will be introduced small,around 1-2 inches.

 

[jbannick18]

So what happens in 6 months when those fish double or even triple in size, you may even honestly run into issues with the swc160 not pulling enough skimmate out in relation to its neck size . I think you'd be fine at around 5-6 fish but I wouldn't push it more in a 33

 

[iMob]

Doubt it will happen that fast.
But I have a 5 foot tank I'm setting up they can move into if they outgrow.
I'm thinking 2 clowns,2 wrasse,jawfish,angelfish,goby/shrimp

 

[indyjaco]

Post that in the New to hobby forum and fish suggestions. I think you will be okay with that.

 

[bertoni]

I would choose 4 fish from the list at most, personally. I'm not sure that the tank is large enough to support more than one fairy wrasse.

 

[fjpod]

Starting out, I would stick with the one inch of fish to ten gallons of water rule, not including the sump. When your fish grow to the point that you have two inches of fish per ten gallons, you may have to take somebody out.

And others have said, you have to avoid putting certain species together in tight spaces, and thirty gallons is a tight space.

The sump is there to make the water environment more pure and oceanlike. It is not for increasing fish bioload to the point of overload.