New Tank, too fast

[arch scot]

Hello, First time.
I've had this tank for two months, did I hurry on adding fish? I already have tomato clown, percula clown, clarke, yellow tang, long nose butterfly, purple dottyback, scotter blenny, blue damsel, 50 lbs of live rock. I lost one fish over a month ago and is was a damsel. All help is welcome, I'm learning between experience and reading

 

[lion_crazz]

You definitely have been adding fish too quickly.
What size is your tank?
What are your water levels in it? (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH, kH, temp, and salinity)

 

[arch scot]

55 gallons, all levels okay. just lost that one fish and never found it, what is going to happen and how do i prevent it?

 

[royal gang]

i would get rid of all fish that are 3+ inches and take the angel back and take one of the clowns back too, cuz they can die...

 

[ledzep fan]

In my opinion you are way overstocked. You shouldn't have more then one species of clownfish in a tank because they will tend to fight. I would think about getting a bigger tank if you want to keep those fish happy.

 

[lion_crazz]

You may see a big ammonia spike in the near future. I would make sure you do weekly water changes to prevent this.

 

[arch scot]

Which fish should i keep?

 

[royal gang]

well do research on those fish, for example the bengaii cardinal doesn't swim too much(from what the things say) and it is better kept in 2 or more, they say they "interact"

with eachother...and it is kept in a 15+ gallon size aquarium, the angels/tangs need ALLLLOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTT of swimming room

 

[ryanhayes9]

i would pick which of the 3 types of clowns you like the most and get rid of the other 2 species. you can only have 2 clowns of the same species otherwise they will fight. most of the time to the death.
then i would get another clown of the same species that you decided to keep. make sure that the one you buy is smaller than the one you already have.
then i would take the yellow tang back. its a VERY debated subject if a 55 is big enough for a yellow tang. you decide.
hope this helps
'daniel

 

[arch scot]

I've had no fighting so far. and i just bought the yellow tang today. are the guys at ***** dumb, just trying to sell me a fish. PLEASE HELP!

 

[royal gang]

Originally Posted by arch scot
I've had no fighting so far. and i just bought the yellow tang today. are the guys at ***** dumb, just trying to sell me a fish. PLEASE HELP!
they're not dumb, just haters, all they want is the loot lol, go with these boards, not with the haters, here we actually care for ze' fish

 

[ryanhayes9]

Originally Posted by arch scot
I've had no fighting so far. and i just bought the yellow tang today. are the guys at ***** dumb, just trying to sell me a fish. PLEASE HELP!
there might not be fighting now but i GUARUNTEE there will be.

 

[fbm]

It could be a case of being way too overstocked for any one fish to get a terratory therefore they may never fight but being new to the hobby I wouldn't try it unless you want to loose livestock.