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harvester51 http:///forum/thread/385452/100-gallon#post_3382480
i meant am i overstocked now not 2 or 5 years from now and like i said i am working a deal with the local fish store on a 180 gallon and the tusk the purple tang and the sail fin would go in there and the rest would stay in the 100 gallon.
There are two reasons people use the term "overstocked." One reason is that the size of your tank usually can not handle the bioload of the fish. Your tank is about there if not slightly over. The other reason, is there are fish that need a certain amount of room to swim, because of their activity level. Depending on the dimensions of your tank, I would say you're at greater fault here. Several of your fish need a tank that's at least 6 feet long. This gives them ample swimming space. 6 feet might not seem that much more then a 4-foot tank, but it's really 33% larger. Where did the "6-foot" minimum guideline come from? Experience from years of hundreds of aquarists.
Flower, I completely understand you are trying to guide harvester, and somethings are spot on. However several points have been made that I cannot skip over. I definitely think reading marine aquarium books is a great way to help learn, however it really shouldn't be used as concrete fact, because sometimes, they're just dead wrong. Look at the minimum tank sizes you posted. In my opinion, which is gained through actually owning these fish. You said minimum tank for a dogface puffer is 350gals. Other then that being a ludicrous size, it the most out of any of the fish. When in reality, and in my opinion, the dogface needs the least amount of tank compared to the other fish (possible exception of the PIcasso). The other point was that there should only be one large decent-sized fish, in a 180gal. I will say a number of commonly kept fish due eventually need a larger then 180gal, Emperor angel, Crosshatch trigger, etc, To kept say, a Purple tang, Blueface angel, Picasso trigger, and Harlequin Tusk in a 180gal, is completely rational.
