Is This Tank Overcrowded? (Need Answers)

[samantha68]

sorry i'm jumping on to someone elses ? but i had the same ? about my tang could someone help?
I have a 125gal
2 volitan lions
1 blue hippo tang
1 naso tang
1 raccoon butterfly
2 urchins
snails
crabs
2 scallops
1 chocolate chip star fish
1 red star fish
2 anenomes
to full???

 

[samantha68]

oh and if this helps you answer my ? here it goes
raccoon butterfly about 3in
blue tang about 2 in
naso about 8 in
both volitans about 8 in

 

[samantha68]

but i do relize they will grow ,how fast i don't know but i don't want them to out grow my tank..
is what i have good ? or bad?
if bad how long would it be good for
if i'm ok to get one more fish or ?
or just stick to urchins,scallops and other things for base and glass
store said i'm ok to get the queen angel in there but i think they would out grow my tank and my floors will not hold a tank bigger then my 125..as it is we had to secure the floor from the basement etc in case...

 

[janelle]

spoon you should explain calmly to him WHY his choices are not the best. telling someone that they are doing something wrong will put them on the defensive and they will not listen to you. if you start out with explaining what will happen to his tank and his fish over time he might decide, "hey, i want to avoid that" and make the appropriate decisions (like take a fish or three back to the fish store, or decide to upgrade to a larger tank). there is a post in either this forum or the reef forum right now about someones uncle overstocking his tank, the ammonia raised to 4.0 parts per million and he lost all but his two or three cheapest fish. you could tell him that story

 

[janelle]

the thread is titled, "talk about a horror story"