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01-09-2008, 04:42 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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|  Do You Guys THINK That 12 Fishes Is......
Do you think that having 12 fishes in a 90 gal tank is too much? I think this is the reason why my no3 dont come down from 20pmm. What is your opinion? _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | 
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01-09-2008, 04:49 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
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I forgot to mention one more thing to you about the fish...Because you have such small sized fish as oppossed to having a large Tang, Grouper, Angel, Lion etc. the waste produced by these fish isn't to terrible detrimental to your parameters, in my opinion.
Plus, high nitrates will affect soft corals more so that stonies as when you think about twhere soft corals grow mainly, they grow in deeper regions of reefs where nutrient levels are lower than inshore where stonies are prevalent. _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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01-09-2008, 04:53 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
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I read somewhere that it should max about out at an inch of fish per 3 gallons of water.
So with that it mind it would have to depend on the size of thoes 12 fish luna.
Last edited by wastemanagement; 01-09-2008 at 04:56 PM.
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01-09-2008, 05:07 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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Originally Posted by wastemanagement  I read somewhere that it should max about out at an inch of fish per 3 gallons of water.
So with that it mind it would have to depend on the size of thoes 12 fish luna. | Well, here is the following sizes;
foxface-4"
yellow tang-3"
kole tang-3"
neon goby-1"
nemo's-3" both
blackcap-2"
midas blenny-4 1/2"
convict bleeny-10-11"
sixline wrasse-1"
blue chromie-1"
yellow tail chromie-1"
So thats about 34 1/2" of fish. What do you think now? | |
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01-09-2008, 05:14 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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Hey Lunatik,
Those all are small fish, however, the Kole and Yellow Tangs and the Foxface will get larger. That being said, you may be feeding too much since you have 12 fish in the tank and you are trying to ensure that they all get their fill... How are you doing with waterchanges...Is your skimmer producing a lot of skimmate? _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
Long Tentacle Anenome
Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
Frogspawn
29 gallon
2 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Fairy Wrasse
24 FOWLR
Dwarf Lion
125 gallon African Cichlid Tank http://home.comcast.net/~pizzal/index.html 
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01-09-2008, 05:14 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Quebec City
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well by the 1" to 3gal theory you would be par for the course . or is your maths off too 
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01-09-2008, 05:24 PM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
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it doesnt seem to be.how much live rock and sand do you have?wat else is in the tank other than fish | |
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01-09-2008, 05:28 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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To answer both, waste and baxter's questions, my math gives me 34" x 3gals = 102 gal tank so Im a little over the guideline. As for baxter's Q, I tried cutting back the feeding to two seaweed stripes daily, one cube of bloodworms on the next day, skipped one day, one cube of brine shrimp the next day, skip one day, one cube of mysis shrimp the next day. But my foxface, midas blenny and tangs where getting extremely skinny so I started to fed a little more. The cut backs where done for about 2 months and my no3 didnt go down at all. As for water changes, I do 20 gals every week or sometimes 10gals on wed. and the other 10 on sat. My skimmer looks to be working good, Theres some brown water on the bottom and some brown suds. | |
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01-09-2008, 05:30 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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Originally Posted by Nemo 22 it doesnt seem to be.how much live rock and sand do you have?wat else is in the tank other than fish | LR about 70-90lbs and LS is about 1"-1 1/2". many corals, just look at my sign. | |
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01-09-2008, 05:33 PM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
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maybe 1 or 2 fish over but i dont think it would affect it that much.why not invest in something like a clam that keeps nitrates low?or anything else that does | |
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