Stocking advice.

wsz594

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I currently have a 75g tank with a 2 1/2 inch purple tang, a 3 inch powder blue tang, 2 inch flame angel, baby Percula Clown, 1 inch yellow watchmen goby, 1 inch scooter blenny, and a green and a black clown goby, also a blood shrimp, two peppermints, like 10 hermits 5 turbos and 5 margarita snails. 200 pnds rock and 75 pnds of sand. I know that is a heavy bioload but I have a 60g sump now Full of macro and I do weekly 15g water changes. All my fish are fat healthy and happy. I am starting to move my tank over into a 125g this week, i have already moved the inverts, and half the rock. I am going to upgrade to a 200 plus sometime next year when I buy a house. Are there anymore fish I could add right now, or am I stocked already? I want to add any other fish now before I add my tangs because both tangs dont do very well with new guys.(they terrorized the watchmen goby, he was last, spur of the moment addition)Also should I beef up my cleaning crew or add more shrimp? I want a couple skunk cleaners cause bloods are boring and reclusive. Any advice appreciated. Thank you.
 
I can't remember which ratio is which, but I have heard that you should have a snail or hermit per 1-2 gallons. That seems like a bunch, but I have about 40 dwarf ceriths snails, a couple of turbos and astreas, and about 10 nerite snails in my 90 and probably a dozen+ hermits. I also have a sand sifter. So I would beef up my clean up crew if I went bigger.
 
I think that another fish the same size or bigger than the tangs would be fine, i had and 6 inch adult imperator, 5 inch clown trigger, 3 inch flame angel 4 inch purple tang and a 5 inch harlequin tusk in a 125 reef with a 55 gallon sump and a skimmer rated for around 200 gallons. I would look at getting a Naso, they are very passive from my experience and don't seem to be terrorized by other fish for some reason. Hope that this helps
 
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