Too many fish??????

I would like some opinions about stocking my 90 gal. My year long goal is to stock it with a cuc 1st, then fish, then corals. I've been thinking about the following for fish: 4-6 blue chromis, 2-3 anthias, 2-3 firefish, a few cardinals, and a bi-color blenny. I haven't had best of luck with Tangs, but would like to eventually add a Powder Blue. Obviously, I'm not gonna dump them all in at once . I will also have a 29 gallon sump/fuge. Too many fish? What order should I stock them or does it matter? I've never had crabs (the marine type or other ;D) but they are usually included in cuc packages and I wonder what other type of care they need? Thanks

 

Looks like a great fish stocking plan to me with exception of powder blue...and a "few" cardinals...

May add too much bioload as it/they grows...

Let your water params tell you when and how many fish to add. Compatibility issues also another thing to keep eye on.


Also will depend on amount/age of LR, effeciency of skimmer, size of sump, and your willingness to do whatever it takes to keep water column in good condition...

Go slow...test water often...do water changes as necessary, and add those you want most first.


Good Luck.

 

Fish list looks fine to me but you won't be able to keep more than a mated pair of cardinal fish as that mated pair will kill any other cardinal fish you try to add after them. I would wait until your tank is at least 6 months to a year old before adding a powder blue.

 

Points noted. Thank you guru's of reef. I'm still in the process of getting all the equipment - skimmer probably Aqua C; I've purchased an additional 40 lbs of live rock, now curing and I've got at least 70 lbs in my 37 which will be transferred over (I like lots of LR); a 3-4" sand bed, seeded with some sand from my current tank, and a built in overflow to a 29 gal sump/fuge which will have calpuera? and pods.

 

To keep tangs is no problem , What most overlook is they require as good a water quality as any coral does.. And the source of the collector and how they are shipped and handled . We keep them here just fine always have . As for a skimmer you won't need that for a few months after the system has been running..

 

Looks good. Just mind what the others said. A pair of bangaiis at the most and wait until the tank is well established ( at least 8-10 months, preferably a year) for the tang.

 

Thanks I'm a bit intimidated by the reef thing, so about a year from now is when I plan on actually contemplating-looking for-maybe-purchasing some corals. I usually test my water twice a week, is that enough or should it be more often?

 

looks good, if you wanted the powerblue tang, i would suggest not added a couple fish

 

As a rule of thumb ' you should not exceed in a "reef tank"
No more than 1-inch per 5 gallons of water is suggested.

( '90"-gallons divided by "5"gallons/per inch = 18 )
And NO you should not add sump capacity to this equation.

An really i wouldint push it no more than 1-inch of fish per 10 gallons.
( that allows for compatibility and less squabling over turf / and they will grow larger )

But that still allows you up to "18" inches of fish if you do the math.
I of course would NOT do that considering thats a Big Bio-load and
your corals/inverts could suffer for it if pushed to the max .
And will force you to do more water changes/more often.

 

You copied and pasted from the other thread! Do you have a fish-math macro button?