How many fish and inverts together?

[vicdiana]

Hi everybody, I have a 265 gallons aquarium set up for about 3 years now. I going to add 10 small green chromis. My question is Can I add say 10 blue leg hermit crabs, 10 turbo snails, and a few peppermint shrimps together with the fish at the same time? Is it too much?
Thanks

 

[waterlogged]

Are you going to quarantine any of them?

 

[amyandbrandon2]

Originally Posted by VICDIANA
http:///forum/post/2484808
Hi everybody, I have a 265 gallons aquarium set up for about 3 years now. I going to add 10 small green chromis. My question is Can I add say 10 blue leg hermit crabs, 10 turbo snails, and a few peppermint shrimps together with the fish at the same time? Is it too much?
Thanks

I don't think I would add all 10 Chromis at the same time.
I think you could add the Crabs, Snails, and Shrimp at the same time, but just do the fish in intrivals.
Not 100% sure, but hopefully more will Chime in soon!

 

[aquatica-tech]

Well depending on how old your tank is, if its older than a year and has plenty of rock work yea I think 10 would be fine. For the peppermint and turbos you dont have to worry about them and your tank because they dont mess with your bio-load so you can add as many as you want but then you need to see if they have enough food in your tank to survive

 

[lsu]

it should be fine to add all of them at the same time in a three year old 265 gal. Chromis are small fish and a tank that is that large and established you should be fine. I would either do 9 or 11 chromis though. I've always found that they do better in odd numbers.

 

[vicdiana]

I'm confuse now, some of you say odd numbers for chromis and some of you say even numbers. Which one should I go with? Thanks