Opinion my fish in a 55 gallon

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blenne

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I have done a lot of reading on many different sites and my tank is doing well with regular water changes. However, I am new to this hobby and would appreciate some input.
Started 2-4-2007, rectangle 55 gallon with (2) Penguin powerheads, undergravel filter, Aqua Tech 30/60 power filter hanging on the back, full fluorescent light hood. more than 33 pounds of live rock with lace rock, on a crushed coral bed. 78 degrees, hydrometer reads 1.020 salinity, Instant Ocean OceanMaster test kit: alkalinity 10, ph 8.2, no amonia, nitrate 10, low range nitrite .2
Stock:
sailfin blackblenny atrosalarias fuscus
green clown goby
blue chromis
green chromis
2-aquacultured percula clowns
Coral beauty angel
Blue hippo tang
Green spotted puffer
3 snails
4 peppermint shrimp
One miniature hermit crab
black brittle starfish
kenya tree corals
 

sign guy

Active Member
whoa
dont want to rail on you too hard but your super packed in there with horible filtration
both tangs are suposed to be in a 6 foot long tank
annd under gravel filtration is not adiquite for a sw.
lastly crused coral is horible about halding detris and releasing it all at once to create a spike
 

sepulatian

Moderator
BlennE, I am so sorry to tell you that you got some horrible advice when you set this tank up. You are already overstocked. Your filtration is not great. You may want to slowly start removing the CC, then the UG.
 
Not trying to be rude, but you have enough fish in there for a 125 gallon tank. You might want to upgrade to a larger tank to house all of those fish along with a different type of filter such as a canister or a wet/dry and try some sand instead of the coral for a bed.
 
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