Fish stocking question

[mcsassy]

I have a 72 Bow front.

*ALL JUVENILES*

1 blue tang
1 kole tang
3 firefish
1 mandarin goby
1 banded goby
2 diamond gobies
1 red spotted blenny
2 oscellaris clowns
1 blue spot puffer
1 flame angel
1 green wrasse
1 tamarin wrasse
2 cleaner shrimps
1 condy anemone
1 sand sifting star
1 lemon peel mimic tang (coming soon)

What is a good number of blue/green chromis to add? They are going to be the finishing touch fish wise. 3, 5 or 7?

 

[Grins]

I'd not add any with such a heavily stocked tank.

 

[mcsassy]

I'm going with 5. I've got my tank working in perfect harmony and balance keeping all the water parameters at a constant perfection as well. Plus in a few years time as the fish grow I will have a way bigger tank so I'm not very concerned about over crowding. Thank you for your input though.

 

[bdavis27701]

Seems like alot of fish for that size tank. Its not so much how big the fish are, you need to have swimming room for them.

 

[mcsassy]

They all seem to be ecstatic and I have oodles of swimming space with a good amount live rock (65 Lbs) here is a picture just so you can see.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/mcsassy/aquarium021.jpg

I think it's time for a new picture...I no longer have the damsels and such.

 

[bdavis27701]

Might want to get rid of the damsels soon. They tend to get a little agressive once they grow some (although yellow tails don't seem to be as bad as the others)

 

[mcsassy]

I already did get rid of them. They are mean...and hard to get out too!

 

[Catpicklesdog]

I have to agree with the others about already having enough. You have 2 fish less than me and my tank is 182 and I feel I'm over stocked. I had 15 Chromis and they've dwindled away to 8 due to them killing each other. I'm now thinking it was due to lack of space as I haven't lost any for a while.

 

[cav]

Id agree with the overstocking comments, sorry

 

[Grins]

I just noticed in another thread that you have only had the tank 6 weeks and are dealing with ich too? I'd slow down, way down. You also need to stock according to what the fish will be at adult size, not at their juvenile size. Please consider using a QT tank as well.