125 stocking!

lionfish12

lionfish12

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if you have 7 tangs and more fish then i can keep:
1- tomato clown
1- devil damsle
1- yellow tang
1- scopas tang
1- coral bueaty angle
1- foxface
 
ross

ross

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Do not add more than one zebrasoma tang(yellow purple sailfin)
I would recommend
damsel
2 clowns
1 yellow tang
1 kole tang
1 wrasse of some kind...check them out theres lots of very pretty ones.
 
streetdoc

streetdoc

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Very nice Clavindo! I have a powder blue and yellow tang in my 90 with a few other fish. They fought at first but I added more rock and they seemed to chil over night. Haven'e seen a squirmish since.
 
calvindo

calvindo

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2 hippo
1 blond naso
1 powder blue
1 clown tang
1 yellow
1 sohol
others
1 copperband butterfly
3 clowns
1 coris wrasse
1 box anthias
5 chromis
 
reefer44

reefer44

Member
good speech...you are problaly a great counselor .....i completely agree......before diving into a bigger tank lionfish i suggest you get a stable plan that mostly EVERYONE agrees with
Brad
 
flatzboy

flatzboy

Active Member

Originally posted by jwtrojan44
What exactly IS your plan? You really have no method. I have to chuckle because yesterday you rebutted one of my posts, saying you prefer to stock "conservatively", and now you're planning to put yet another potentially large fish in a 40 gallon tank. The issue here is you post incessantly hoping to get the response you want. One of the nice things about the internet, is that eventually, you'll find someone to agree with you, and then you can validate your POV. Many well intentioned folks have given you a lot of good advice but you don't listen until you find that one person who agrees with you. In casually looking back at some of your posts, it is evident that you really have little idea what direction to head in, and yet you give out advice based on your own limited experience. Until you catch a breath and listen to some of the more knowledgeable people on this board, you're going to continue to be frustrated and have a bad hobby experience yourself. I recall several threads where people were wailing on you and I actually felt a bit sorry for you, but it is understandable given the fact that you simply don't want advice unless it's the advice you want? Make sense?
Why not stop buying fish that are going to outgrow your 40 gallon tank. What pleasure is there in trading them in once they've hit maturity. That's when you should want to keep them and enjoy the knowledge that you've brought them to that point.
It really is difficult to attempt to offer any suggestions. You merely counter the help with some sort of compromise or ignore it in favor of someone telling you that your decsions are good, when they're not.
If I sound harsh, I can live with that. I just feel that if you're going to get anywhere in this hobby and not kill a bunch of beautiful fish, you need to realize that there are people who can tell you thing to get/keep you on track. Disregarding them only makes them not want to help.
I agree a 100%.
 
dburr

dburr

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So, so true. I would also trade that anenome before it's to late. Can't trade in a dead one.:nope:
 
adamz

adamz

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WHY WOULD YOU PUT DAMSLES IN A 125? NOT WORTH IT SAVE YOUR SPACE. WHY DONT YOU JUST GO TO FISH STORES AND LOOK AT WHAT FISH LOOK NICE THE LEARN ABOUT THEM AND GO BACK. YOUR LISTS HAVE CONSISTED OF TANGS AND DAMSLES. WHAT ABOUT FAIRY WRASSE. BUTTERFLYS, ANGLES RABBIT FISH YOU HSOULD LOOOK ARUND FOR YOUR PLAN NOT JUST THINK OF IT IN YOUR HEAD
 
aaron1983

aaron1983

Member
I cant see why you would wannt put damsels in a tank of that size. I think you need to think about the fish you want more. Mabye buy a fish book or read about the fish you like on the internet. I have a list of fish I think would look nice in a tank of your size.
2 clowns
1 hippo tang
1 yellow tang
1 fox face
1 bluehead or lunar wrasse
1 coral beauty
 
fishguy_40

fishguy_40

Member
im not sure where these fish counts being overstocked are coming from. bioload? fish per inch method? reefs are capable of sustaining much more fish than you have listed. i have a 130 full reef with over 20 fish in it. granted, many are small (gobies, blennies, basslets, etc...), but still, with a lot of live rock and a decent skimmer you will not have a problem. ive been running a 130 for over 2 years with absolutely 0 nitrates.
 
cadbury

cadbury

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I think all of you guys are being a little hard on him, he is doing the right thing, he's asking? And damsels are fine, I have 6 chromis in mine and I love them and their doing great for the passed 3 1/2 years. Just keep in mind, the fish you do get and will grow, just be ready either in the future to better house them or be prepared to trade them in. Tangs would be fine, the only problem is some of the other fish you mentioned create a lot of waste and the tank would'nt be able to handle the bio-load, thus the tangs being a lot more sensitive to water quality than the other fish you mentioned. The only criticism I would say is "dont get the Devil damsel, they are little bast@!?, they are really mean....
Good luck and just read and ask a lot of questions, never stop asking questions, even the professionals are always learning.
 
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