Thinking of adding few more fish.. comments?

[m0nkie]

Hi. Just wanted to check with some older reefers to see if it's ok to add a few more fish or am I fully stocked.

100gal + 40gal sump. estimate water is probably around ~110-120gal?

Current list:

-2 snowflake clowns
-1 fire fish
-1 foxface lo
-1 yellow watchman goby
-1 royal gramma
-1 mccosker flasher wrasse
-1 green mandarin
-1 yasha goby
-4 anthias (1 lyretail, 2 dispar, 1 sunburst)

I have 13 fish total, all fairly small fish.. I'm thinking of adding a yellow jaw fish and a blue chromis.. do you guys think I'm already fully stocked? or will it be ok to add the 2 small fish.

 

[3dees]

I wouldn't add anymore. your pretty well stocked now.

 

[lespaul339]

How many pounds of live rock do you have? You can get by stocking a little heavy if you have lots of live rock. That's really the deciding factor. Personally if you have a god live rock to gallons ratio then I wouldn't hesitate to add a couple more small fish.

*edit* tank dimensions also play an important role in this.

 

[m0nkie]

it's a 60x18x24. Live rock is 1:1 ratio.. about 100lbs.

 

[Cole.97]

I personally would not any more. However, lespaul is right about the fact that you could maybe get away with a few more fish if you skim heavily and/or have a lot of live rock.

 

[oscarinw]

You're definitely getting close to no-vacancy if not there yet but what fun would this hobby be without pushing the boundaries right? You have done a good job in stocking with pacific community species so I would give it a try.