Is my tank overstock?

is my tank overstock for a reef 1 yellow tang 1 blue tang 1 coral beauty 1 damsel 1 cleaner wrasse?

I'm also thinking of adding a clown for my anemone what you think?

 

In the long run, you probably could do it, but I'd slow down a bit. You have quite a bit for a 9 month old tank. Are a lot of these new additions? :-/

 

Slow down I agree and how old is the cleaner wrasse

 

2 weeks

 

lets see if i follow
a) you have rearranged rock to catch pepper shrimp
b) you have added 1 seabae
c) you have added a mushroom rock
d) you have added a Gorgonian
e) you have added a flower pot
f) you have added a cleaner wrasse
g) You have added a coral beauty
h) you are curing 30 lbs of rock to add to the tank soon
i) cleaner wrasse has spots and you don't know if its ick or not
J) your feather duster just evacuated its tube.

Have I missed anything you have done in the past 30 days?
Please look at this list , read every post on this site and come see me at the store. After doing all that , think about the question you asked and whether you should add anything to the tank for a while.
This is not an abuse to you but a way to get you to look at where the tank is and start to think about the rest of your stocking procedure. Not to side track this thread but why did you add the cleaner wrasse? The mortality rate on them is terrible. ( I know someone is going to tell me they had one for 20 years in a goldfish bowl but my reality is they don't survive really well in a tank)

 

whats the reason the don't survive ? because they dont eat

 

I know that I had rush a little although I had to take out the pepermint shrimps couse the were harasing my anenome I had added the cleaner because I was thinking of gettig rid of parasites, I got the LR because it was a good deal.

 

I also got my coral beauty around 3 weeks ago and it looks happy

 

To be honest I don't know why the Cleaner doesn't survive they just don't. I think it has to do with the dieat in captivity but can't keep them alive long enough to experiment (I have lost 4 of my own and caan't tell you how many that I know have been lost that were not mine.) I had one by itself it went in 10 days. Bought 3 together hoping to watch habits and they went about a month and died within days of each other. But what I want you to notice here I tried twice and then when it didn't work I stopped killing that particular fish.
Back to the topic if you would have asked I could have helped you build atrap and remove the shrimp in a day or two and not touched the rock. I am not picking on you or condeming you I am saying slow down for about amonth or so and then start thinking about what you want to do next. Half the stuf you added han't even settled in and you are looking for more, heck half the stuff you haven't learned their tendencies yet but are going to throw more at it. just slow down and ENJOY! [smiley=biggrinbounce.gif] [smiley=biggrinbounce.gif] [smiley=biggrinbounce.gif] [smiley=biggrinbounce.gif] [smiley=biggrinbounce.gif] [smiley=biggrinbounce.gif]