Maxim fish for a 31gallon reef

[HighVoltageScience]

i want to add 3 green chromis 1 flame angelfish

 

would 10 or 3gall per be ok ?

 

pics

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45703515@N05/

[fewskillz]

2 (not very small) tangs in a 31 gallon?

 

 

Check out the articles in the library and beginner section, please.

[HighVoltageScience]

2 (not very small) tangs in a 31 gallon?

 

 

Check out the articles in the library and beginner section, please.

 

The bule tang was a gift.

[Oceanus]

The bule tang was a gift.

Your point is?

 

 

Get rid of both tangs. This is cruel and unnecessary punishment for them. You could get a goby/ shrimp pair, and maybe a cardinal.

[rubadakis]

Your point is?

 

 

Get rid of both tangs. This is cruel and unnecessary punishment for them. You could get a goby/ shrimp pair, and maybe a cardinal.

 

 

+1 ^

 

 

 

The bule tang was a gift.

 

So, that makes it ok?????

[Gatotsu77]

From the photos I've seen thus far, you actually have 7 fish, unless one has died/been traded/etc. since then. Not sure if this is the case or not, but I wouldn't recommend trying to stock a saltwater tank the way most people stock freshwater tanks. ~3 gallons of water per fish just isn't enough.

 

A few others have already brought up the issue with the tangs, so I'll just say that I stand by what has been said on that topic.

 

Without the tangs, you'd still have 2 clowns, a firefish, a bangaii cardinal, and one fish that appears to be a chalk bass. Just my opinion here, but with those 5, you'd already be fully stocked for that tank. (you need to consider the adult size of each fish, and the associated waste production at that size) I personally wouldn't add the chromis and angel. Bio-load is one concern, but territorial issues are another. Have the clowns formed a pair? If not, they likely will at some point... and once they do, they will become quite aggressive towards anything that enters their "territory," which could just be the corner of the tank, could be most of the tank.

[fewskillz]

The bule tang was a gift.

So then pay it forward and give it to someone else. Give the yellow tang away while you're at it. Aside from the size issues, which are well document anywhere on the internet, tangs are way too dirty for a 30 gallon tank. Two tangs is even worse. Two tangs + five other fish is a HUGE bioload begging for algae problems.

 

Get rid of the tangs and you can maybe add 1 medium fish or if you really push it, 2 small fish. When I say small and medium I'm referring to adult size. Finding a 2" baby tang doesn't count as a small fish.

 

Don't waste your time with more than one chromis, one of them will become dominant and just kill off the others anyways. So if a chromis is what you really want, get one. A dwarf angel is a pretty significant bioload to add on top of the 5 fish you already have, I wouldn't do it.

 

Please do the right thing and find new homes for the tangs. You're tank will appreciate it.

[HighVoltageScience]

OK my LFS dose not take fish back. The tangs,blood shrimp,clowns were all gifts. I bought the corals and other fish.

 

I am not worried much about bio-load because the water total water in the set up is 72galllons.

 

personally putting even 1 WC fish in a 240gallon tank is mean

[Oceanus]

It doesn't matter is the system has 72 gallons or 3000000000000000000000000000 gallons. If the tank is a 31, no tangs! Maybe list the tangs on Craigslist or something.

[fewskillz]

OK my LFS dose not take fish back. The tangs,blood shrimp,clowns were all gifts. I bought the corals and other fish.

 

I am not worried much about bio-load because the water total water in the set up is 72galllons.

 

personally putting even 1 WC fish in a 240gallon tank is mean

72 gallons is still pretty small for that much bioload. I only have 2 tangs in my 230 gallon system.

 

I only had 6 fish in my 55, and none of them were tangs. Plus there's that whole your tank is only 2' long thing... I understand they were gifts, but you need to do the mature thing and tell whoever it is that's giving you these gifts to run them by you first. And you need to get rid of the tangs.

 

I'm not a huge fan of wild caught fish either, but that's not what we're talking about, don't change the subject.

 

I'm sorry if I sound hostile, I don't mean to be, I'm just passionate about the livestock in this hobby. By keeping those tangs in such a small space you're not doing them, or the other inhabitants any favors. They need to be in a 75+ gallon tank.