How many fish total.
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sepulatian
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Originally Posted by woolfe
I have a 90 Gal reef tank. When all is said & done after a few years....How many fish will I be able to have tops? I plan on haveing all non aggressive fish.
Thanks
It isn't realy a question of numbers. It is what kind of fish. For example tangs need alot more swimming room than a royal dottyback. It all depends on the fish.
I have a 90 Gal reef tank. When all is said & done after a few years....How many fish will I be able to have tops? I plan on haveing all non aggressive fish.
Thanks
It isn't realy a question of numbers. It is what kind of fish. For example tangs need alot more swimming room than a royal dottyback. It all depends on the fish.
travis89
Active Member
Originally Posted by sepulatian
It isn't realy a question of numbers. It is what kind of fish. For example tangs need alot more swimming room than a royal dottyback. It all depends on the fish.
Yup. If you go with a lot of smaller fish I would say about 12 max but it depends on the type of fish as sepulatian said above.
It isn't realy a question of numbers. It is what kind of fish. For example tangs need alot more swimming room than a royal dottyback. It all depends on the fish.
Yup. If you go with a lot of smaller fish I would say about 12 max but it depends on the type of fish as sepulatian said above.
woolfe
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Ok Here's what I know I want.
Already have:
1 firefish
3 tiny false perculas. I know I eventually have to get rid of one of them. They are getting along great right now though. Playing like kittens. :jumping:
2 peppermint shrimp
2 red mushroom corals
1 sally
4 emeralds
a ton of hermits and nassarius snails.
What I want:
Mandarin Dragonet - Green or Mandarin Dragonet - Spotted
Jawfish are really cool. I would like to have a couple of those.
an anemone - not sure what kind is best. I'm still researching this. Any suggestions that would be good for the clowns?
a blue hippo
a dwarf angel
frogfish are pretty cool. I haven't looked into them other then check out pics.
Orangeback Basslet
a blenny or two (if possible)
Lyretail Hawkfish
What do you think?
Already have:
1 firefish
3 tiny false perculas. I know I eventually have to get rid of one of them. They are getting along great right now though. Playing like kittens. :jumping:
2 peppermint shrimp
2 red mushroom corals
1 sally
4 emeralds
a ton of hermits and nassarius snails.
What I want:
Mandarin Dragonet - Green or Mandarin Dragonet - Spotted
Jawfish are really cool. I would like to have a couple of those.
an anemone - not sure what kind is best. I'm still researching this. Any suggestions that would be good for the clowns?
a blue hippo
a dwarf angel
frogfish are pretty cool. I haven't looked into them other then check out pics.
Orangeback Basslet
a blenny or two (if possible)
Lyretail Hawkfish
What do you think?
sepulatian
Moderator
Originally Posted by woolfe
Ok Here's what I know I want.
Already have:
1 firefish
3 tiny false perculas. I know I eventually have to get rid of one of them. They are getting along great right now though. Playing like kittens. :jumping:
2 peppermint shrimp
2 red mushroom corals
1 sally
4 emeralds
a ton of hermits and nassarius snails.
What I want:
Mandarin Dragonet - Green or Mandarin Dragonet - Spotted
Jawfish are really cool. I would like to have a couple of those.
an anemone - not sure what kind is best. I'm still researching this. Any suggestions that would be good for the clowns?
a blue hippo
a dwarf angel
frogfish are pretty cool. I haven't looked into them other then check out pics.
Orangeback Basslet
a blenny or two (if possible)
Lyretail Hawkfish
What do you think?
Deffinately count out the mandarine unless you are going to wait a couple of years and have a few hundred pounds of live rock in your 90 gall. He will starve to death. At the top of this forum is a list of fish and inverts to avoid by Lion_Crazz. Check it out, there is alot of usefull info on there.
Ok Here's what I know I want.
Already have:
1 firefish
3 tiny false perculas. I know I eventually have to get rid of one of them. They are getting along great right now though. Playing like kittens. :jumping:
2 peppermint shrimp
2 red mushroom corals
1 sally
4 emeralds
a ton of hermits and nassarius snails.
What I want:
Mandarin Dragonet - Green or Mandarin Dragonet - Spotted
Jawfish are really cool. I would like to have a couple of those.
an anemone - not sure what kind is best. I'm still researching this. Any suggestions that would be good for the clowns?
a blue hippo
a dwarf angel
frogfish are pretty cool. I haven't looked into them other then check out pics.
Orangeback Basslet
a blenny or two (if possible)
Lyretail Hawkfish
What do you think?
Deffinately count out the mandarine unless you are going to wait a couple of years and have a few hundred pounds of live rock in your 90 gall. He will starve to death. At the top of this forum is a list of fish and inverts to avoid by Lion_Crazz. Check it out, there is alot of usefull info on there.
auntkaren
Member
A good rule of thumb, as far as how many fish, isn't how many fish but how many inches of fish will go in your tank. I've read in multiple sources that 1 inch of fish per 2 gallons in your tank. So you could conceiveably have 45" of fish....BUT you have to take into account the bio load that fish AND inverts put into your tank. Add your fish slowly; meaning 1 or 2 fish every couple months, check your water parameters and add 1 or 2 creatures until you get to your 45". The others are SO right about the mandarin fishes please don't add them until your tank is at the very least a year old. You have enough live sand and live rock now but your tank doesn't have enough of their food for them to survive yet. Research all your fish carefully and see if they will get along in your tank too. It's such a helpless feeling to watch one of your fish being beaten to death by a tank mate and you can't catch it to save it!
