Final Fish List

[yimmy]

I ordered a 4ft by18in deep and 25 high, one store said it was a 95 and one said an 80 and one said a 90. I am getting a UV sterilizer, and a canister and I will get a Protein Skimmer a month after. I'm doing a FOWLR and this is my fish list
2 percula clowns
1white spotted puffer
1yellow eyed tang
1longnose butterfly
I'm not getting any shrimps because the white spot will eat them, I was going to get shrimp and not get the puffer but I would only get the shimps because they would get parasites but that is what the UV would do som I'm going with the puffer. Is this overstocking or understocking or just right, if its understocking I would like to get a lawn mower blenny or some sort of alagea eater but I have a feeling the Tang will take care of that. I am also adding that I'm not buying a quarantine tank becuase the store quarantines there fishes, I am going to get a hospital tank though for the emergencies which pop up.
Thanks for all the help you all have given me along the way

Jimmy

 

[mbrands]

Jimmy,
Sounds good to me. I think you'd be fine with adding a blenny or goby if you are doing a sand bedding.
I would skip the UV sterilizer, or at least get the skimmer first and save for the sterilizer instead.
Good luck!
Mike

 

[yimmy]

Thanks are there any good hang on back skimmers since I don't have a sump because then there won't be room for a canister and aren't as affective on a FO tank

 

[1journeyman]

I believe the formula to determine gallons is lengthxwidthxheight/237 (might be 231. can't remember). Either way sounds like it's a 90 gallon.
Protein skimmer is a must asap.
Stock slowly....
You using plenty of live rock for the Tang to graze on?

 

[reefnut]

Originally Posted by Yimmy
I ordered a 4ft by18in deep and 25 high, one store said it was a 95 and one said an 80 and one said a 90.
48"x 18"x 25" = 93.5 gallons

 

[reefnut]

Originally Posted by 1journeyman
I believe the formula to determine gallons is lengthxwidthxheight/237 (might be 231. can't remember).
L" x W" x H" / 231
or
L' x W' x H' / 0.13369
or
L' x W' x H' x 7.4805

 

[1journeyman]

LOL, I'll just remember 231!

 

[hawthorn]

thats exactly 93.51 gallons

 

[mbrands]

Originally Posted by Yimmy
are there any good hang on back skimmers
I've never had problems with my AquaC Remora.

 

[1journeyman]

I love my Aquamedic turboflotor

 

[yimmy]

thanks for the input the person people at the LFS recommended 40 lbs which is what you need for the biological but I am go to wind up with 50 or 60 after adding some peices to make it just right.

 

[1journeyman]

50-60Lbs. sounds light to me unless you are going to supplement with another form of biological filtration.

 

[yimmy]

Isn't it like a 1/2 a pound of LR per gallon? Whats the general rule of thumb?

 

[1journeyman]

1 to 2 Lbs per gallon...

 

[yimmy]

ooooooooooooooooo gotcha thanks