Suggestions for livestock on reef tank

[bmason226]

Hey guys we have a 110gl reef tank and was wondering about the amount of livestock we could house. So about the tank. We have a 110 gallon tank with a 40 gallon refugium, we are running 160lbs of liverock in display and anouther 20 in the refugium. Along with the liverock I run a liter of Matrix. I am using a Octo skimmer, 3 hydro circ pumps, Coralife metal hal, and actintics. Our current livestock consist of 1 pair clowns, 3 green chromis, 1 lawnmower, 5 emerald crabs, 5 shrimp, 1 pair barlett anthias, 1 pj cardinal, 1 yellow tang, 1 sand starfish, 1 coral beauty, unknown number of hermits and snails, 1 green bubble tip anenome. Our coral livestock include 1 toadstool leather, hammerhead, frogspawn, greenstar polyps, 3 different types zoos, red mushrooms, blue mushrooms, birdsnest, finger leather, candycanes, green polyps (hitchhikers). 1 tri color mushroom. Now the real question here is 2 parts. the more reef I put in the tank, does that affect the fish livestock I can have, and the second is what kind of larger fish could I put in there without over crowding or bullying?

 

[1guydude]

Wat are the dimensions of Ur tank? Wat other fish were u thinking of? Corals don't really add to the bioload if that's how u want to put it.

 

[1snapple]

Get a wrasse. Its like going to the app store, theres an app for that. well now in reefing its like "theres a wrasse for that"
and if its a 4' tank, not much larger than a yellow tang would I go, or a SMALL tang.
if its a 6' you got a TON of options. also depending on your rockwork and how much you feed etc etc etc,

 

[verojeremy]

Yeah also if you get a wrasse try to get a fairy or something like it because I have a mystery and a melanurus and they killed my cleaner shrimp, 3 peppermint shrimp and now i have like 3 turbo snails and 5 snails 9 i had about 20 snails and 25 hermits and I am positive they killed them) all of which were added before them so just take that into consideration as far as cuc. Also I tried to add a yasha goby after them and they killed him also my melanurus wrasse , for about a month, picked on my crocea clam but know he does not at all. Just my .02