a few to many?

I was wondering if I have to many fish/inverts in my 55 gallon tank?
I have:
2 - three stripe damsels
1 - false perc. clown
1 - maroon clown
1 - sixline wrasse
1 - trible blenny
1 - valintini puffer
1 - flame angel
1 - yellow tang
1 - brittle star
2 - astrea snails
1 - mushroom frag
10ish - hermit crabs
I plan to have:
5-6 various shrimps
various mushroom frags
5-10 various crabs
1-2 urchins
 

hunt

Active Member
The yellow tang needs to be in at least a 125g, if they dont have enough room, they will get stressed and die. Maroon clown and False Perc. will prabably be aggressive towords eachother. And maroons can just be aggressive (especially when there stressed). Those are the only real problems i can think of.
What kind of crabs, shrimp, and urchins do you want?
 

ladyreefseeker

Administrator
Staff member
In my opinion yes. Too many fish that will not have enough room as they grow, especially the Tangs. You will likely see problems as the Maroon Clown starts to mature and acquires its own territory. Also, more than half of the fish mentioned will double if not triple in size if they are now juveniles.
 
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jstdv8

Guest
seems like the only fish that doesnt fit is the tang, should be in a bit bigger tank probably.
the rest of those are pretty small fish, so that equals pretty small waste.
As long as they are all getting along and you don't see any ammonia when you test you might be ok.
Got any pics of the tank?
 
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