stock limit

I am setting up an old 120-gallon tank I have. Going with a 55-gallon sump/refugium focusing heavily on macroalgae/pod growth for all the pod eaters I want. I am thinking about doing all nano fish with the solon wrasse and flame angel as the centerpiece fish. How is my stocking list looking...

Just a post to see what you guys recommend I add for stocking my biocube 32. Right now I have 2 clowns and a sapphire damsel. Filtration I use the intank media basket and have a refugium with chaeto. (It grows insanely fast) for some species I was thinking (not all of these just a conbibation of...

hello! ok so i’ve been thinking about adding a Clown Goby to my 20 gallon tank, however i’m worried about overstocking the tank. I already have a pair of Ocellaris Clowns, an Azure Damsel, and a Royal Gramma. also have coral sprinkled throughout the tank. Would adding him just be too much...

Hey guys. I have a 75 gal fowlr with lots live rock, refuge with chaeto and skimmer. I currently have 2 clowns, one sand sifter goby, and one blue hippo tang. I want to also add 3 anthias, 1 scopas tang and 1 flame angel. Will this be okay?

I’ve come up with another stock for a 75 gallon it’s 4 ft long and 20 inches wide and I think 18 inches tall so I’ve got a shortfin lion beta grouper ribbon eel Picasso trigger and convict tang will the Picasso trigger mess with the tang if so scratch the tang

hey y’all! pretty new to saltwater but I’ve been keeping freshwater for a couple years and have a 20g sitting around that I wanna use. I’ve been doing a bit of research but I’m still stumped on how many is too many My stocking idea: - 2 ocellaris clowns - 1 banggai cardinalfish - 1 longnose...

Hello everyone. We are about 1 month now into the hobby and made a list of fishes we would potentially like to have. We obviously know a lot of these we won't be able to get but would like your opinion on what we can or should not get, problems they may cause or alternatives. Now we do want to...

I’m on the tail end of equipment building, I have begun compiling a livestock list. The total volume is 230 but I know I can’t include that for livestock so after the sump volume I have 190 gallons to play with (so I’m using a 1 inch per 3 gallon rule). This list is also excluding the clean up...

Hi all, I have a Fluval Flex Sea 32.5 gallon rank I’ve been slowly adding fish and here’s my stock so far: 2 Gladiator Clownfish 2 Bangaii Cardinals 1 Yellow Watchman Goby 1 Pistol Shrimp 3 Mexican Turbo Snails, 2 Margarita Snails, 2 Trochus Snails, 2 Nassarius Snails, 2 Nerite Snails, 3...

Setting up a 110 gallon tank and currently have the following fish in a smaller setup: 2x oscellaris clownfish 1x one spot fox face less than 3 inches 1x purple tang less than 3 inches looking to add 2 more fishes: 1x coral beauty (2-3 inches) 1x leopard wrasse (2-3 inches) There’s a very high...

My 65 gallon tank is currently stocked as follows: 2 ocellaris clowns Orchid dottyback Lemon damsel Tomini tang Blue hippo tang (I did not purchase this fish, I realize he will outgrow the tank but he was included when I bought the tank) I want to add a single male Lyertail Anthias but I was...

Hey guys, I got a general idea of what I want to put into my 40 gal reef tank, let me know what you guys think! - 2x Ocellaris Clownfish - 1-3x Green/Blue Chromis (undecided as to how many) - 1x Yellow Watchman/Wheeler Goby (undecided and plan to pair with pistol shrimp) - 1x Kaudern Cardinal...

Hey guys, I’m currently in the process of planning a 40 gallon reef tank and need ideas for stocking. I definitely plan on keeping 2 clownfish and a cleaner shrimp. Other than that, I’m not sure what else I would want to put in the tank. What will make a good clean up crew? Also what other fish...

What order would be best to add these fish in? they’ll be going into a 440l /100gal (display only) Sump will be. socks, fuge, skimmer. would you consider this over stocked or would this be okay & any recommendations to what you would add/ remove. Banngai cardinals Fire fish / dart fish...

So I have 4 juvenile tangs. 3 in QT, 1 in my DT. My display tank has a 2.5” inch Blue tang that has been there for a year. My QT has a 2.5” yellow tang, 3.5” Achilles, and 3.5” Powder Blue. I have good filtration and so plenty of water changes, so I’m curious what everyone thinks about...

Hello everyone! I am looking to upgrade from my nano 30 to a 50 gallon cube. Here is what I have for my stock list for far. Please let me know what you think. The ones that say current are currently getting along in my tank. Thanks! 2 clowns (current) 3 chromis (1 current) Midas blenny...

I’ve been running a nanocube or biocube for 7 years now. In that time I’ve had an engineer goby (who just passed at age 10 and nearly 2ft long) and a four stripe damsel the whole time. A Madagascar clownfish, green corris wrasse, and coral beauty angel have all passed through. I had to get rid...

So I have over a year old 45g cube with two ocellaris clowns, a bicolor blenny, and a small yellow coris wrasse. Have been debating adding another fish. I was thinking something really unique and not seen in tanks often. A centerpiece fish would be nice, but I know I'm limited on size. I'm not...

Hey all, new to the site, I've lurked on here for quite some time but todays the day I signed up. Currently I have 75 gallon reef but I would like to know if my stock is not well for the tank? pair of clowns Fairy wrasse ruby headed wrasse Cleaner wrasse Coral beauty damsel (not sure what kind...

Hi all! I have a 32g that's been up and running for about six months now, though it only got its first fishy inhabitant in August. It currently has three occupants at the moment - two Ocellaris clownfish, and a very tiny "yellow" watchman goby (that isn't yellow at all). Trying to decide which...

Stocking ideas for 16gal Biocube. Need opinions on this stock of fish. We are pretty open on snails so any you think would be beneficial to the tanks overall health we are open to hear about. If there is another fish you think we can sneak in please do tell we are fully open to see what other...

I have a 30-gallon nano tank with a 3-4 inch deep sand bed and 30-40 pounds of live rock. I have a 2-inch orchid dottyback, a banggai cardinalfish that’s nearly adult sized, and a pair of ocellaris clownfish, both of which together are probably about 1.5-2 inches. The tank’s been running for...

My 75 gallon stocking is 2 maroon lightning 2 chalk bass Tomini tang Starry blenny Purple dart fish Six line wrasse, might be taking it out Is there any more fish I can put in the tank or am I at the max

Hi there, I hope everyone is doing well in this pandemic. I have a Fluval 13.5 3 months old now. I have 2 clownfish, 1 bicolor blenny, 1 yellow watchman goby, 1 banggai cardinal and a rainford goby. As a CUC I have 1 cleaner shrimp, 1 pistol shrimp, mexican turbo snail and hermits. I have...

Hi everyone, I recently purchase a Sand Sifting Sea Star and I was researching online that they could starve and die. Will my starfish harm my fish or crash my tank? thank you everyone!