Would like to add more fish, just not sure what ...

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  1. 71sbeetle

    71sbeetle Fire Shrimp

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    Well, we are thinking of adding two more fishes in the next couple of months, but we are not really sure what ! If you guys could give us suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated :)
    Here is what we have:
    * Red Sea Max 250 aquarium (66 gallons)
    * 100lbs of live rock
    * 80lbs of live sand (60lbs reef sand and 20lbs bimini pink)
    * Gold stripe maroon clownfish
    * Coral beauty angel
    * Orange stripe prawn goby
    * Gold head goby
    * Eyelash blenny
    * Imperator angel (well, it's MIA, I think the BTA might have gotten it ...)
    * Green bubble tip anemone
    * 4 baby skunk cleaner shrimps
    * 2 peppermint shrimps
    * 2 astrea snails (pretty big as they are about 4-5 years old)
    * 3 mexican turbo snails
    * 5 trochus snails
    * 12 blue leg hermit crabs
    * 4 emerald crabs
    * black sea urchin
    * frogspawn (4 heads on one stalk)
    * 3 various little frags
    * Red favia
    * Orange fungia
    * a few hitch hicker sponges
    * pulsing xenia
    * green mushrooms
    * 4 clams (came on some LR I got)

    I think that's about it, parameters of the tank are as follow:
    Temperature: 79-81
    pH: 8.1-8.2
    sg: 1.023-1.024
    Nitrite: 0
    Ammonia: 0
    Nitrate: 5
    Phosphate: 0
    dKH: 9
    Calcium: 400
    Magnesium: 1400

    we really liked the Imperator angel, but it dissapeared a couple of days after we added it (looked and acted heatlhy)
    Would adding 2 more fishes (considering the Imperator is gone) be too much for that tank ? And what fishes should we look into ?
     
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  3. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    Maroon clowns get big and coral beauties can get big too

    You wouldn't have been able to keep that imperator for more than 9 months. They grow fast and would quickly overload your biofilter.

    I wouldn't suggest adding anything bigger than a small psuedochromis or wrasse that stays small. You have to think of their adult size and not their current size when stocking.
     
  4. 71sbeetle

    71sbeetle Fire Shrimp

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    well, here are the sizes I go by that I found online:

    Gold stripe maroon clown fish: 6"
    Coral beauty angel: 5"
    Orange stripe prawn goby: 4"
    Gold head goby: 7"
    Eyelash blenny: 6"
    Imperator angel: 9"

    Which gave me a total of about 37" total adult size, I have read here and elsewhere that a good number is 1" per gallon, so I should be able to have 55-60", which still gave me another 20" or more, I was thinking two smaller fishes so that I would be around 50" total, or would that be too much ?
     
  5. PackLeader

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    1" per gallon would be way overstocked, That rule is for freshwater.
    IMHO you are already a little overstocked. I would not add anything more.
     
  6. 71sbeetle

    71sbeetle Fire Shrimp

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    wwooppps alright, didn't know that was for freshwater.
    just to make it clear though, we do not have the Imperator anymore.
     
  7. divott

    divott Giant Squid

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    i go off 1 inch per 5 gallons. but a wrasse would be coool if you were gonna add something. coloring is very nice.and finwork is very beautiful.