too many fish?

[nemofish2217]

hey, i want to know if this is too many fish... tank is a 45 gallon "almost cube." 10 gal sump/fuge. hardcore sps/clam tank. 10% water changes weekly.... here's what i have so far...

25 nassarius snails
5 red leg reef hermits
5 turbo snails

2 percs
1 bi-color blenny

What i am adding tomorrow...

long nose hawkfish ( about 3")
diamond or twinspot goby


So, can i add any more fish? i was looking for maybe something colorful or open water swimming.....i dont want to add anymore than this if it is going to affect my corals health.....thanks guys for any and all help....

 

[rlschne]

I personally dont think that is too many fish... i have 2 ocellaris, a yellowtail damsel, a longnose hawk and a starry blenny in a 33gal... Any more than that and i would think it might be a little much, but they are all small fish....

 

[ncny21802]

I have 2 Os. Clowns, 1 Perc, 1 mandarin, 1 diamond goby, and 1 flame angel not to mention a bunch of snails, crabs and shrimp in my reef tank and everything does wonderful.

 

[nemofish2217]

okay, so thats not too many fish, i was hoping it wouldnt be....but would it be if i added say a couple of chromis, a royal gramma, or some type of small anthias?

 

[nemofish2217]

p.s. i really like the bartlett anthias....

 

[goalieman92]

add a wrasse reef safe of course. really an open swimmer. or if you want more suttle beauty, add a pysodellic mandrian. they are out all the time and are beautiful

 

[sean48183]

I don't know that I would add any more after your hawk fish and goby. Since you have a pretty heavy light going you could end up with hair algae issues even with the fuge. Intense light+fish poop=hair algae. I keep alot of fish in my 50g but I have only low light loving corals. Nothing that requires alot of light. I enjoy the fish more than the corals. When I was running my lights more I got hair algae and trust me you don't want that. That stuff is nasty and hard to get rid of.

 

[nemofish2217]

but, if i understand things correctly, dont bi-color blennies help with GHA control?