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04-02-2008, 07:44 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Staten Island, NY Age: 29
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|  How many fish?
Everyone knows the old " 1" per gallon" axiom, but in a properly managed reef, what is the reccomended bio-load? I have a 72 bow and am looking to build a community of compatible gobies with a few other fish thrown in for variety. Realistically, how far can I go to stock to a "medium" level?
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04-02-2008, 07:47 AM
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| | Millepora
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester UK Age: 24
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I was taught 1" per 10 litres! _________ You will never know whats in my tank as i can only type 15 words  | |
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04-02-2008, 08:13 AM
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| | Giant Squid
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Depending on the power of your skimmer and amount of live rock, sand, employment of a sump and refugium(water volume and surface area), carbon addition and weekly water changes, you could bend the rules some what! _________ 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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04-02-2008, 08:22 AM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Saskatoon, Sk Age: 21
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STUFF EM IN LIKE SARDINES!!
lol j/k.
Depends on the required niches of your fish. A fish like a goby or a jawfish actually has a very small niche to fill and don't require much room on the reef. However, tangs and anthias' require quite a bit more room to roam the reef.
Evan.
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40g with 10g sump with 40 lbs liverock, 1.5" deep livesand bed.
Fish - halloween hermits, blue leg hermits, left-handed hermits, emerald crabs, assorted snails, chocolate chip star, 3x strawberry conches, tuxedo urchin, electric flame scallop, gold stripe maroon clown, carpenter's flasher wrasse, 6line, yellow tang, yellow watchman goby, white seabae anemone.
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04-02-2008, 08:30 AM
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| | Giant Squid
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I am in agreeance with Froc3 to a point, but you have to take into consideration the stress placed on the skimmer and other filtration methods as well as respiration, waste and other factors when determining the amount of fish to maintain successfully! | |
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04-02-2008, 09:28 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
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Its all a crock I think. Take a pair of 15 inch engineer goby's are they as much a load as say 2 4inch tangs ? I'll put as many as I feel is needed hell you can only look at so many I mean I'd never try to crame 10 tangs into a 55 but 5 or so with a few other type fish no problem .. I have ran them for yrs like that and would again.. _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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04-02-2008, 05:56 PM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Saskatoon, Sk Age: 21
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Originally Posted by coral reefer  but you have to take into consideration the stress placed on the skimmer and other filtration methods as well as respiration, waste and other factors when determining the amount of fish to maintain successfully! |
+1, as long as your system can sustain a chemically healthy environment. Also, if you add fish slowly, your system can adapt a lot more slowly and progressively rather than cramming a huge bioload in all at once. Your system would never develop the bacteria fast enough. | |
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04-02-2008, 05:59 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
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In all honesty, I have never had an overstocking problem either, but I am probably a fairly light stocker because I like to be able to individaully learn the personalities of each fish. This time around, I am jsut trying to do everything "right", although I am mainly learnign that "right" is a function of experience and opinion more than anything else. | |
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04-02-2008, 08:39 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Airborneguy In all honesty, I have never had an overstocking problem either, but I am probably a fairly light stocker because I like to be able to individaully learn the personalities of each fish. This time around, I am jsut trying to do everything "right", although I am mainly learnign that "right" is a function of experience and opinion more than anything else. | Of greatest importance is fish compatibility and living space needs...next, it is just a matter of the maturity of biofilter, skimmer efficiency and willingness to do necessary water changes as required...
Go slow and add fish over time.
Keep an eye on water params...they will tell you when limit reached.
Good Luck.
Scott
(Also once an "Airbourne Guy..." - 82nd 1972-74  )  _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
- MIKE PALLETTA - (2008 Reef log) ("OmarD"/"Scott")
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04-03-2008, 11:04 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Staten Island, NY Age: 29
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