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Plainswalker
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Would my tank be able to support 3 carberryi?
It is infeasible for me to go backwards. In order to do a proper analysis, I need complete stocking plan and tank size.
Plainswalker
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Sure.
90g 48x18x24 mixed reef (but mostly SPS)
Inhabitants:
kole yellow eye tang
pair of ocellaris clowns
McCosker's wrassse
Lubbock's fairy wrasse
yellow coris wrasse
tailspot blenny
yellow watchman/tiger pistol pair
2 cleaner shrimp
Possible fish additions?
Possible fish additions?
I have recently (last week) started a 75 gallon reef tank. I have around 65 pounds of live rock, a Zoanthid, a Blue cup, and a snake polyps, with one small blue tang, a sailfin tang, and a female clownfish. Looking to add more fish, are there any that would benefit my tank, or just suggestions for some good looking fish that would be compatible? Thanks!*
Possible fish additions?
I have recently (last week) started a 75 gallon reef tank. I have around 65 pounds of live rock, a Zoanthid, a Blue cup, and a snake polyps, with one small blue tang, a sailfin tang, and a female clownfish. Looking to add more fish, are there any that would benefit my tank, or just suggestions for some good looking fish that would be compatible? Thanks!*
neither tang should be kept in a 75 gallon tank no matter their current size. (And your tank is probably not cycled). Even if appropriate species of tang are selected, they do best when introduced into a more mature tank. It sounds as if your LFS is giving you poor advice. What species of clownfish? Why only one? As those who follow this thread know, I do not provide recommendations for a variety of reasons but am always happy to reevaluate stocking plans along with tank size.
Amphiprion occellaris, which is sometimes called a "false percula". The LFS people told you incorrectly. The best way to have a pair clownfish is to purchase two tiny ones which are sexually immature; they will decide which one becomes male and which becomes female. Introducing another clownfish to a sexually differentiated one (your female) is risky and may not work.
Overstocked?
Overstocked?
My tank has been established for about 8 months now. I have a 90 gallon display with a 30 gallon sump, a lot of live rock, live sand, protein skimmer, and UV sterilizer. Until recently, the tank chemistry has been very stable, but for a few weeks I've been having an issue with high nitrates and I'm wondering if my tank is overstocked. This is what I have in there right now:
-2 ocellaris clowns
-1 melanarus wrasse
-1 marble wrasse
-3 four-striped damsels
-1 scissortail goby
-1 sleeper banded goby
-1 foxface rabbitfish
-1 coral beauty
-1 six-bar angel
-1 coral banded shrimp
-1 sand-sifting starfish
-1 BTA
-a whole bunch of turbo snails and hermit crabs
The six-bar angel was the most recent addition, and I think that may be where my nitrate problem is coming from. Right now it is relatively small (5 inches?), and I know it will get really big (along with the foxface and marble wrasse), but I plan to either upgrade to a bigger tank or sell them back to the LFS when they get big. The foxface and marble wrasse are both pretty small right now, about 4 inches each.
In terms of what I have in my tank now, not what I will have in there after everyone is full grown, does this sound overstocked? I've been doing weekly 30% water changes lately and the nitrates are still really high, usually between 40-80. I think I know the answer, but I'm really new to the hobby and I'm just now getting to the point where I may have reached maximum capacity (I've been adding fish pretty slowly). All of my other chemistry is completely normal.
Overstocked?
My tank has been established for about 8 months now. I have a 90 gallon display with a 30 gallon sump, a lot of live rock, live sand, protein skimmer, and UV sterilizer. Until recently, the tank chemistry has been very stable, but for a few weeks I've been having an issue with high nitrates and I'm wondering if my tank is overstocked. This is what I have in there right now:
-2 ocellaris clowns
-1 melanarus wrasse
-1 marble wrasse
-3 four-striped damsels
-1 scissortail goby
-1 sleeper banded goby
-1 foxface rabbitfish
-1 coral beauty
-1 six-bar angel
-1 coral banded shrimp
-1 sand-sifting starfish
-1 BTA
-a whole bunch of turbo snails and hermit crabs
The six-bar angel was the most recent addition, and I think that may be where my nitrate problem is coming from. Right now it is relatively small (5 inches?), and I know it will get really big (along with the foxface and marble wrasse), but I plan to either upgrade to a bigger tank or sell them back to the LFS when they get big. The foxface and marble wrasse are both pretty small right now, about 4 inches each.
In terms of what I have in my tank now, not what I will have in there after everyone is full grown, does this sound overstocked? I've been doing weekly 30% water changes lately and the nitrates are still really high, usually between 40-80. I think I know the answer, but I'm really new to the hobby and I'm just now getting to the point where I may have reached maximum capacity (I've been adding fish pretty slowly). All of my other chemistry is completely normal.
It is heavily stocked although this thread is intended to be about marine fish compatibility rather than biocapacity
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vballlife2
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Hello,
Starting a 125 gallon 6 ft tank with a 40 gallon sump. This will be a reef tank.
2 ocellaris clown fish
1 royal gramma
1 copperband butterfly
1 Yellow Clown Goby
1 Green Clown Goby
1 Yellow Tang
1 Yellow Eye Kole Tang
1 Powder Blue Tang
1 Green Mandarin
?maybe a huma Picasso trigger?
Thank you for your input.
Starting a 125 gallon 6 ft tank with a 40 gallon sump. This will be a reef tank.
2 ocellaris clown fish
1 royal gramma
1 copperband butterfly
1 Yellow Clown Goby
1 Green Clown Goby
1 Yellow Tang
1 Yellow Eye Kole Tang
1 Powder Blue Tang
1 Green Mandarin
?maybe a huma Picasso trigger?
Thank you for your input.
I do not provide analysis of aggressive fish community tanks. However, in this sized (length) tank 3 tangs is not long term stable since they occupy the same ecological niche; also a copperband butterfly will out compete the mandarin for copepods in this sized tank.
Ellemarley
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Lawnmower blennies are ugly :sad2:
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Ellemarley
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Bwahahahaaaaaaa!!! :lolspin:
If I DO put one in my tank, can I still fit a showcase fish? Some sort of pygmy angel? Or will that UGLY blenny put me at my limit?
60gal cube, pair of clowns, diamond watchman goby, mccaskers wrasse, 2 cleaners, 1 peppermint, CUC...
depends on behavior and ecological niche of the one you wish to add. You were the one saying you had an algae issue . . .
Ellemarley
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Fine. Blennies are gorgeous. Can't wait to have one. (Actually, it does seem like it will be beneficial). Carry on...
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