50 gallon Reef stocking

[Gianluca]

Hello all! I currently have a 50 gallon reef tank with 6 fish. I was wondering if the tank is able to handle any more fish, and if so what are your recommendations. If I could go into specifics I’d like an eye catcher fish to satisfy my mom lol.
these are the fish currently in the tank
2 percula clowns
1 royal gramma
2 blue-green chromis
1 lawnmower blenny
Thanks all for the help. I look forward to hearing suggestions

 

[dimitrinivo]

Hello all! I currently have a 50 gallon reef tank with 6 fish. I was wondering if the tank is able to handle any more fish, and if so what are your recommendations. If I could go into specifics I’d like an eye catcher fish to satisfy my mom lol.
these are the fish currently in the tank
2 percula clowns
1 royal gramma
2 blue-green chromis
1 lawnmower blenny
Thanks all for the help. I look forward to hearing suggestions

Your tank could absolutely handle a few more fish, if you take care of it and keep up with your water changes. I would increase your school of chromis to 3 and add another (they do best in 3 or more). You could add a bottom dweller like a hawkfish, jawfish or a sleeper goby, you could also add something like a coral beauty, a six line wrasse, a firefish, or a cardinalfish. You'd probably max out your tank at 10-12 small fish. I plan on putting 8 small reef fish in my 40 gallon, the important things are keeping up with maintenance and watching for aggresion.

 

[Gianluca]

Your tank could absolutely handle a few more fish, if you take care of it and keep up with your water changes. I would increase your school of chromis to 3 and add another (they do best in 3 or more). You could add a bottom dweller like a hawkfish, jawfish or a sleeper goby, you could also add something like a coral beauty, a six line wrasse, a firefish, or a cardinalfish. You'd probably max out your tank at 10-12 small fish. I plan on putting 8 small reef fish in my 40 gallon, the important things are keeping up with maintenance and watching for aggresion.

Thank you for the suggestions! I was looking at getting a coral beauty. I posted this to see if I should get more fish. Again thanks for the suggestions, I’ll look into all of them!

 

[dimitrinivo]

Thank you for the suggestions! I was looking at getting a coral beauty. I posted this to see if I should get more fish. Again thanks for the suggestions, I’ll look into all of them!

Just make sure whatever you decide to get is compatible with your current fish, also you could probably add a jawfish or another bottom dweller because it doesn't appear you have any yet.

 

[Gianluca]

Just make sure whatever you decide to get is compatible with your current fish, also you could probably add a jawfish or another bottom dweller because it doesn't appear you have any yet.

Yeah I was concerned about the coral beauty’s nipping habits. I would love to get a jaw fish, especially the blue spotted or yellow head. So yeah that and maybe two mire chromis would be my go to right now then. Thank you for the suggestions again!

 

[dimitrinivo]

Yeah I was concerned about the coral beauty’s nipping habits. I would love to get a jaw fish, especially the blue spotted or yellow head. So yeah that and maybe two mire chromis would be my go to right now then. Thank you for the suggestions again!

I'd go for 3 more chromis for 5 total, they do better, and look better in groups of odd numbers. If it were my tank, I would increase the chromis school and add one more fish on the bottom, (jawfish, sleeper goby, watchman goby, hawkfish,etc)

 

[dimitrinivo]

I'd go for 3 more chromis for 5 total, they do better, and look better in groups of odd numbers. If it were my tank, I would increase the chromis school and add one more fish on the bottom, (jawfish, sleeper goby, watchman goby, hawkfish,etc)

also I work at my LFS and in my experience, coral beauties are pretty close to reef safe, they dont nip that bad. Stay away from other dwarf angels if youre worried about nipping tho

 

[Gianluca]

also I work at my LFS and in my experience, coral beauties are pretty close to reef safe, they dont nip that bad. Stay away from other dwarf angels if youre worried about nipping tho

Good to know! And thank you so much for the all the advice. It’s been very helpful and have certainly given me ideas on where to go for stocking, once I finish I plan to post my fully stocked aquarium. Again thank you!