Fish Capacity

So , after more or less figuring out my "ultimate fish " list
I came up with:

1 - Orange Skunk Clown - Already in tank - I call him Floyd
1- Pink Skunk Clown Already in the tank - I call him Pink

Then I was going to buy ( not in order )
1- 6 line wrasse
1- Yellow tang
5- Green Chromis
1- TBD

All of this was based on the fresh water fish capacity. Geez never knew there was a salt water one....
I only get 19 inches of fish ... geez... I need a bigger tank. But since I want to stay married, that will have to wait.

So im going a little over... so its either going to be the five chromis or the other 3.

What would you pick?

 

What tank size do you have? Filtration? Lbs of lr? Sump/refugium? The amount of fish you can have depends on many factors including those mentioned and fish size/type. There is no set inches per gallon rule. Also, keep in mind you need to go off of the adult size, not the size when you get them.

 

Yeah I am basing this on adult size. I had to give away some cichilds I had because of that. On a postive note -- never had a cichlid death ever.. over a year

I have a 75 gallon with a 20 gallon sump - 80 lbs live sand , 100 lbs of live rock

I do think I will skip the chromis ( but i really woudl like to see schooling fish .. o well next tank. )

 

You should probably be ok. The yellow tang will eventually outgrow that tank, some people will tell you that you shouldn't have a tang in that size tank. You may also have problems with the two types of clowns, generally you should keep one species unless you have a larger tank. Another note, chromis are a schooling fish, but my experience with them is that they only schooled when scared. Besides that they just swam around on their own for the large part.

 

why not get 3 chromis

 

3 woudl be nice.. they are a cool looking fish.

I thought of that also .. How big do they get? I have read anywhere from 3 inches to 5.5 --- a big difference.

 

Ignore this -- just a signiture test

 

chromis get to about 3"