What do you think of this Stocking List

Discussion in 'Tropical Fish' started by alexander, May 15, 2010.

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  1. alexander

    alexander Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I just got my first fish 2 days ago a bicolor blenny. =)
    In addition I have:
    3 red tipped hermit crabs
    An emerald mithrax crab
    3 Fighting Conch's
    11 margarita snails

    Do you think I'll have any problems with adding these fish:
    1-Diamon watchman goby and pistol shrimp pair
    1-Yellow Tang or Powder Blue Tang
    1-Mated pair of Ocellaris Clowns
    1-Red Stop Light Cardinal Fish
    1-purple firefish
    1-zebra barre dartfish
    1-green madarin
    1-6 line wrasse
    1-purple dottyback
    3-blue green chromis

    My tank is a 112G with a 40 gallon sump.

    Let me know what you guys think or any experince you have with any of these fish.

    Thanks! =)
     
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  3. Night-Rida

    Night-Rida Finback Whale

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    add the tang last, firefish are known jumpers (if your running a open top), mandarin needs a mature 1yr old tank with lots of LR and pods. you can add pods multiple times to speed things up. thats a pretty big list, are you going to have corals too?
     
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  4. alexander

    alexander Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    add the tang last, firefish are known jumpers (if your running a open top), mandarin needs a mature 1yr old tank with lots of LR and pods. you can add pods multiple times to speed things up. thats a pretty big list, are you going to have corals too?[/QUOTE]

    Eventually I want to add some coral. You think this is too many fish? Most are rather small, with the exception of the Tang.
     
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    Night-Rida Finback Whale

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    Eventually I want to add some coral. You think this is too many fish? Most are rather small, with the exception of the Tang.[/QUOTE]

    14 total. I'd guess that be ok if you got a good skimmer, etc..
     
  6. alexander

    alexander Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Alright, narrowed it down to 6...I want my fish to be happy and not overcrowded. Plus I read that you should have 1 inch of fish for every 5 gallons of water. That being said I have 22.4 inches to work with for my 112G tank. Here's the new list:

    1-Bicolor Blenny 4"
    1-Red Stop Light Cardinalfish 2.5"
    2-Ocellaris Clowns 3.5" x 2 = 7"
    1-Orchid Dottyback 3"
    1-Yellow Tang 8"

    Total: 24.5 inches

    I listed them in the order I'm going to put them in the tank. What do you think?

    I'm running the Vertex IN-180 protein skimmer (a pretty good skimmer I've heard) but I'm more concerned with my fish being happy and healthy, so I'm willing to sacrifice having a lot of fish. Thanks! K+
     
  7. Night-Rida

    Night-Rida Finback Whale

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    sound good, plus you'll have a little tank space to add another must have fish down the road. ::)