Need fish stocking suggestions

[pdt7361]

I'm thinking about adding some more fish to my reef and need some opinions. As a reminder, I have a standard 90g with an Eshopps ADV-200 sump and a Reef Octopus Classic 150 skimmer. Currently I have 2 fancy clowns, a tomini tang, blue hippo tang (he'll only stay around until he gets to about 6-7 inches), a diamond goby, a yellow corris wrasse, an ornate leopard wrasse, and a blue star leopard wrasse.
I was thinking about adding a couple of bartlett anthias...any opinions on how many I could/should add? Any other stocking suggestions that I should consider over the anthias?

 

[Pife]

Sounds full.

 

[Koddie Doo]

That seems like a lot of bioload adding those fish. I don't know about that skimmer, but it would need to be a beast.

 

[pdt7361]

Right now I feed the tank 3 times a day....pellets, flakes, and chopped up nori via and auto feeder twice a day and then either mysis or eggs in the evening. With that much feeding my nitrates stay at 5-7...so I feel that I can handle more bio-load....just don't know how much more.

 

[Pife]

I'm sticking with full. Tank sounds well balanced.

 

[Mr D smack]

I'm going to go against what those two said and say go for it. I've always been under the impression of adding odd numbers anthias

 

[pdt7361]

Lol...good to see that everyone is as split as I am. Part of me says it will be fine and then part says to wait until the blue hippo outgrows this tank. Of course the part that says wait is actually my wife

 

[Koddie Doo]

I was mentioning Bio-load because that would be your biggest minus. I am one who likes a lot of fish in my tank.

Also, you should be safe here from the Tang Police, but don't share with the General Discussion page.

I was at CR the other day an Steve was talking about those same fish with me. I have never seen anyone with good success with them, I sure there has been but always hear the same thing" i had a couple anthias" so I am just not sure if that is a direction I would go.

I think as long as you have good husbandry skills, like it sounds like you do. Get more fish!

 

[pdt7361]

Any other suggestions other than the anthias? I had thought about 4 or so smaller fish like Red Stop Light Cardinalfish or even the yellow striped ones.

 

[Mr D smack]

Have you considered wrasses? Maybe some flashers or McCoskers?

 

[Koddie Doo]

I had chromis for a while. 6 schooling fish looks pretty cool.

 

[Schplitter]

Anthias either starve or kill eacother. Try some wrasses. I'm working on collecting 3 female leopard wrasses from my male leopard. That should be pretty sweet when they all hang out.

 

[Koddie Doo]

He said he has 3 wrasses already...

 

[pdt7361]

With my 3 wrasses already, I wasn't sure about adding more...especially since many grow larger.

 

[Pife]

Anthias either starve or kill eacother. Try some wrasses. I'm working on collecting 3 female leopard wrasses from my male leopard. That should be pretty sweet when they all hang out.

I've had my lyre tail anthias for years. There had always been a male and 4 females .now it appears there is 1 super make and 2or 3 sub males. It's kinda weird. Did you hear me talking to Steve about it?