How much is too much?

Hello Reefers,

New to the hobby, Salt anyhow, I was curious to know how much is too much when it comes to adding corals. I've currently got a 20 gallon tank with a handful of frags... A xenia, a frogspawn, a button polyp, 5 zoa frags and a star polyp frag and lastly a small sps. So.. how much is too much? These are all little guys right now and I'm looking forward to seeing everything grow. I just dont want to over do it. Im probably set now and wont be adding anything more other than better equipment as I can afford it. Do I have too much?

 

I don't think corals contribute much as far as bioload. The considerations for keeping a variety of corals in a small tank is whether or not they're going to damage each other chemically or physically.

Keep the frogspawn away from the other corals unless they're euphyllias (torch, hammer). As for everything else, just space them out as best you can and experiment with placement.

Good luck!

 

Thanks, that's pretty much what I wanted to know, what kinda load it would put on the tank. The frogspawn is at the bottom in the sand, all the other plugs are on top of the rock.

now to watch them grow

 

Just use carbon and a good skimmer As Sparky said corals create little bioload so keep as many corals as you want and have room for in there just allow enough room so they don't touch one another.