Stocking?

[VCReefer26]

I was wondering how many fish would I be able to put in a 400 g cube? I am upgrading very soon and I have about 33 fish in my tanks and I would like to combine all the fish into 1. It is going to be a reef tank and all the fish are reef safe. Here is a list of what I have let me know if I should think about getting rid of any of them before I move them. Powder brown, brown bird wrasse, 2 blue tang, 1 sailfin, 2 scissor tails, 1 3 stripe, 6 chromis, 3 damsels, 1 hawkfish, 2 blue jaws, 1 niger, 1 chaulk bass, 4 clowns, 1 snowflake, 1 yellow tang, 1 purple, 1 six line, 1 koran, 1 coral beauty. I am thinking about getting rid of the clowns and also the koran because he is not reef safe as an adult right?

 

[owenb01]

Triggers are generally not in any way reef safe. I would get rid of the bluejaws and the niger before the clowns and the koran. Clowns are reef safe, I have 2 korans in a reef tank, one of them ate all of my zoos but other than that both of them seem to be harmless. That being said, in general I would not recommend korans for a reef tank but it always comes down to the individual fish. My smaller koran doesn't bother anything.

Ben

 

[LNell]

The clowns will be fine. The Koran is hit or miss. It depends on the individual. The niger and blue jaws should be fine. The blue jaws are the Xanthichthys genus of triggers and they are considered to be reef safe because their mouths are too small to eat anything of significance in a reef. Niger triggers are seen in many reefs. They're considered to be a peaceful trigger and they should be fine. I think you could eventually have all 33 fish in the tank, but I'm not sure on that one. Whatever you do, make sure to add them slowly, but I'm sure you know that already.