Hi people i was ment to be getting a lovely coral beauty a few weeks back but it died in the fish shop ive ordered another one in its been in the fish shop for 3 weeks and looks happy as can be, im getting in tomorrow (13mar 2010) and am in need of one more answer.
will it go well with these fish.

2 true perc clowns
2 bicolour chromis
1 fijian damsel
1 cleaner shrimp
1 peppermint shrimp
4 turbo snails

my tank size is a nice 128 litre so a good enough tank size?
thanks for your help reef keepers

That's 33.9 gallons, which is a bit small. You already have 5 fish, I wouldn't add any more (especially an angelfish). I'm surprised that your current fish get along; they are all some form of damsel.

Cancel your order. That tank is not big enough.
Angels are pollution heavy fish as well... even the dwarf ones will pollute 2x that of a clownfish
..anyway, your already at stocking capacity.

ok thanks just rang my lfs up well not just but like cupple hrs ago and they said that with this last fish im at my stocking limit and the minimum size is 30 gallons (113 litres) im 25 litres more... besides the fish is a max of 10cm and the max of my fish tank size is 11

Why do you even post if you are not going to take advice?

I am sure your LFS has great interest in the health of your tank.

You mean that there are LFS's that will tell u anything for a sale? No!

Your at your limit now, I would highly suggest not adding this fish. But, I'm sure you will take the LFS advise over ours.

maybe i will but let me add one final piece of information THEY ARE SPECIALISTS go ahead and visit there web www.fishareus.biz let me just add that no they are not people that scam and con me out of money perhaps there like that in usa but not in the uk mate

Don't be naive. Anyway, where is the scam/con? You want to buy something, they tell you what you want to hear, you buy it. All power to them. You are probably not over stocked at the moment, in terms of bioload at least. New tank and young fish. But they will grow.




And following that rule..........................





..................................you're already going to be overstocked.

Five fish that will grow to around 3 inches in a 20 inch long aquarium.

Get a bigger tank. My feelings are hurt I am at my max with 4 fish: 2 purple firefish 4inches each, a sixline wrase 3 inches, and a yellow tang that is growing fast. And I wanted to add another, my tank is a 58 show I thought it would handle more fish. Does the chart take into effect 5 years of running?? I could have gone with a 30 long and had these fish. LOL My advice is to a) don't ask a question if you have already made a decision. When the fish get bigger, buy a 100 gallon.

LOL in 2 weeks he will have a thread about his fish not getting along, or asking if its ok to add a spotted grouper because he does extra waterchanges...

I used to live in the UK. I wouldn't say anyone ever tried to 'scam' me but I've been in plenty of situations where the store erred on the side of risk rather than caution. If you are at your tank limit they know they're not going to sell you any more fish for a while, so why not persuade you to risk just one more fish? And if it doesn't work out you might come back and buy another! If memory serves me correct, Coral Beauties are quite expensive in the UK; I remember back in 2002 they were about 50 quid ($80).

I do think that LFS's get a too much of a hard ride on ALL forums; there are some very good ones out there that represent the trade well. But when you've got everyone here telling you not to do it, don't do it! If the advice was mixed, maybe you give the LFS the benefit of the doubt. But the opinion here is unanimous, and you can count me in on the 'no's' as well.