Fish Question

[wvclown]

I Have A 35 Gallon Tank Set Up With Lr, Sand Starffish, Choc. Chip Starfish,royal Gramma, Black@white Sailfin,2 Clownfish. I Just Bought A 75 Gallon Tank That I'm Gradually Going To Get Started. I Want These Fish In My Tank My Questions Are : Can They All Go Together?? Is That Toomany Fish?? What Order Should I Put The New Fish In??? Keep In Mind What I Already Have That Will Go In This Tank.. This Is What I Want..
2 Heniochus Butterfly Already Have 1 So That Makes 3 Of Them
2 Clownfish Alredy Have 2 So That Makes 4
1 Yellow Tang I Plan On Putting In Last
1 Strawberry Hawaiin Crab
1 Longnose Butterfly
1 Copperband Butterfly
All Of This And Some Anem. Featherdusters And Some Snails ..

 

[schadiest1]

Butterfly fish, Heniochus', Tangs all get pretty large. IMO, that is WAY too many fish for a 75 gallon tank. It will become far too crowded, and your tank most likey will not be able to handle the bio-load.

 

[wvclown]

How Many Fish Should Be In A 75 Gallon Tank?? What Fish Would You Eliminate ? I Love The Butterfly Fish.. Will The Heniochus Butterfly Be O.k. If I Just Have 2 Of Them..
How Does This Sound
2 Heniochus Butterfly
4 Clown Fish
1 Gramma
1 Yellow Tang
1 Longnose Butterfly
1 Coperband Butterfly
2 Starfish
Along With Some Anem. Feather Dusters And Snail Maybe Some Shrimp ...
I Love The Butterfly Fish I Really Want To Keep Them.

 

[schadiest1]

Still too many. Here is an equation that will help you....
* 1 inch of fish per 2 gallons of water *
You do realize how large those fish get, right?

 

[wvclown]

O.k. Well How About This..
1 Gramma
2 Starfish
2 Clownfish
1 Hiochus Butterfly
1 Longnose Butterfly
1 Copperband Butterfly
Anem. Feather Dusters, Snails Crabs And So Forth.. The Problem Is The Fish Isn't It... Well Hopefully This Will Work.

 

[angelsrock]

Originally Posted by wvclown
O.k. Well How About This..
1 Gramma
2 Starfish
2 Clownfish
1 Hiochus Butterfly
1 Longnose Butterfly
1 Copperband Butterfly
Anem. Feather Dusters, Snails Crabs And So Forth.. The Problem Is The Fish Isn't It... Well Hopefully This Will Work.
still too many fish. you would be ok with 2 of the butterfly's, no heniochus's, clowns and the gramma, plus any invert really that you want. that general rule for 1" of fish for 2 gallons is a very bad measurement, i use to think it was ok when i first started, but it's really more like for every inch of fish you should have 5 gallons, but even this is not accurate as that every fish is different and it really doesn't matter the size of them, it's the kind that matters.

 

[wvclown]

Here's The Thing I Already Have The Hin. Butterfly In A 35 Gallon Tank. The Pet Store Sold It To Me And Said It Would Be O.k. Boy Did I Learn A Lesson.... How Big Does The Hin. Butterfly Get???? I Really Want All 3 Butterfly Fish 1 Heniochus 1 Copper And 1 Longnose ... Are You Sure That My 75 Gallon Tank Isn't Big Enough??? I Want A Nice Tank With Alot Of Fish... Thanks For The Info. On The Other Questions, But I Just Don't Know What To Do .. I Don't Want A Tank With Only A Couple Of Fish... But Then Again I Like The Butterfly Fish..m

 

[dougai]

when it all comes down to it you should do what you want with it..
hell go for whatever list you want(be reasonable)
just always think ahead
i didnt when i started and it bit me in the ass

 

[wvclown]

Do You Think My 75 Gallon Tank Will Be O.k. If I Have 1 Hen. Butterfly 1 Coppernose 1 Longnose 4 Clown Fish And 1 Gramma????

 

[mr.p]

like the guy above said just do what you want with it but be reasonable. If you like Butterfly fish so much the important thing to do is research how big they get and if they would get along and how much open space they have. I think those 3 butterfly fish you listed if you don't add anything else big in the tank will be fine. I mean it's important to do research but if you always go by the book exactly how can you enjoy the hobby? a lot of people stay away from BF fish. they are beautiful though, i have a dot dash but i'd like to have one of the bf fish you listed sometime.

 

[mr.p]

btw if you cutt down the 4 clownfish to 2 of them i think that would be better.

 

[jacknjill]

id say go for the 3 butterflys and just add 2 clowns, possibly the gramma

 

[angelsrock]

i've seen some pretty big heniochus's picture the normal size you get in the lfs when they are juvy's like 3 inches long about and multiply that by 4-5 times that size mostly body wise not lenght wise. now put 2 in there. that's what u'll be lookin at. they get about 7 inches long and you know that they are taller than they are longer so you can imagine how big they get.if i were you i'd stop right where you are unless you plan on getting rid of something or a bigger tank in the future. i'm sure they'd be ok for now, except butterfly fish are hard to keep which you might want to think about, but in the future if they do make it the heny's will need a bigger tank. the other butterfly's probably will be ok i'm sure cause they don't get to be huge like the heny's. heny's though are good fish though so if you'd like to keep them for a little while i see no harm in that even though i don't really agree with that. good luck man.