Stocking List Question

Cuiscia

New Member
Hi Everyone!
I've had my 75 gallon (this is just the display, it is 90 gallons total) reef tank up and running for three months now. I currently have:
- 1 kole yellow eye tang
- 1 flame angel
- 1 watchman goby and pistol shrimp pair
- 1 skunk cleaner
- 1 cherry shrimp
- 2 RBTAs
- a clean up crew composed of astrea and nassarius snails, blue leg hermits, and an emerald crab

I plan on adding:
- 2 gold stripe maroon clowns
- 1 blue spotted jawfish (possibly as I don't have a tank cover)

Would it be possible to add a Bartlett's anthias trio? Or would this overstock the tank too much? The tank is run with a powerful skimmer and has an automatic water change system that gradually changes 10 gallons of our 90 gallon system weekly. Every time I have tested for nitrates, it always reads as zero.
Also, would adding the anthias after the maroon clownfish pair be a problem?
 

lmforbis

Well-Known Member
I'd only add one maroon unless they are already a bonded pair. In most cases they do not do well together. They also get quite big and are quite territorial.
For the jaw fish they need a deep sand bed, 3 or more inches.
In theory the anthias would work. The will add quite a bit of bioload. They need to be fed several times a day. That is the part that has stopped me from getting any but they are still at the back of my mind. I may do it someday.
 
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