advice, buying new fish tomarrow, will this work?

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  1. BluePhish

    BluePhish Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    hey well i got my yellow tang in hosptial tank as most of you know not sure if he will go back in big tank or get traded.

    in the mean time i wanted to get a new fish or 2 to replace the firefish that recently was eaten at night by my cleaning crew.
    in my 60 gal i only have a pair of o. clowns and a scooter dragonette. had both about 10 months,and a neon goby that i had about 3 months.
    ive decided on a yellow clown goby, an i would really like to pair my scooter up with a female. im aware of the feeding habits of the scooter, got mine trained, feeding is not a problem.
    do you think 2 clowns, 2 scooter, noen goby,clown goby, and then the tang would be added maybe later after the new fish find a home. would this be a huge bio-load on a 60 gal long?
    got to keep nitrates at zero.
    my tank was fine with the 2 clowns, the scooter,firefish,neon goby,and tang.
    basically ill be trading out the firefish for the scooter and clown goby.
    im so unsure when adding fish, ive become more of a coral addict.lol
     
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  3. Bogie

    Bogie Snowflake Eel

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    I think you'll be ok. My bioload has to be just as big if not bigger, and I keep nitrates at 0 no problem. That's a 125 super skimmer, right (not a 65?). You've got about as much LR as I do too. With 2 damsels, 2 clowns, 2 tangs, and a wrasse, and feeding frozen food, and no nitrate problem (always at zero), you shouldn't have a problem. I also have shrimp and hermits to clean up extra food, as well as the canister 305. Keep from over feeding and I think you'll be fine. Let me know, and I'll help you get that 125 skimmer tuned so hard that all the girls will be throwing themselves at you.
     
  4. BluePhish

    BluePhish Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    ha lol ha, no actuly its a 65:-[. but i can always upgrade if it cant handle it. i feed all frozen and frozen cyclopseze, almost every day. never seemed to be too much for it to handle. i just keep it real clean. and i rinse rinse rinse my frozen befor i feed, that i think is my key.
    what kind of tuning can you do to the 125, im a diy er at heart.

    im still wondering if there could be aggression issues with the clown goby and the tang ,with them both being yellow.
     
  5. Bogie

    Bogie Snowflake Eel

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    It's not so much that they're the same color, but tangs go after other tangs of similar body shape and coloring combination. Being that the goby is a different breed altogher, they should be ok together. They are fit on the liveaquaria.com compatability chart too. I'd make sure to put the goby in first, let it get well situated, and move some the LR around before putting the yellowtang back into his old territory.
    I'll give you a good price on the 125 when I upgrade to a 90+ gallon - my tangs will need more room eventually.
     
  6. nemo1991

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    not a prob with bioload, i have 4 different clowns, 2 chromis, a damsel, and 2 tangs,
    and iverts and such, and everything is it 0, except the nitrates which are at 5, but i think my huge 6" clam keeps everything down by filter feeding.
     
  7. BluePhish

    BluePhish Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    yeah the tang will be added after they settle in. if at all not sure if i feel like dealing with him.

    yeah that would be cool deals are always nice.