How many fish in my 75g

[am07f]

Well i want to add some fish but im not sure if i should.

Right now i have
(2)maroon gold striped pair
(3)green chromis
(1)Foxface
(1)Flasher wrasse
(1)Black blenny

I want to add a purple tang and maybe a blue tang. The tank is well established, no nutrients, high coral growth.
Im just not sure if i add anymore will i start to have problems.

Filtration is a wet/dry system and protein skimmer.

 

[DCG1286]

I would say you are pretty much good to go ... I wouldn't add anything else ... especially with that pair of Maroon Clowns in there ... They are extremely nasty fish. Beautiful none the less but mean!!! You would run the risk of them ripping any new fish apart.

BTW ... Your tank looks great!

 

[hawkfishman]

nice tank man!! a few more little fish would be pretty cool?

 

[subielover]

I probably wouldn't add anymore big fish if any at all.

 

[am07f]

Thanks guys..
Couple questions, i just added the flasher wrasse and it swims with the clown pair during feeding no problems. The female clown isnt as aggressive as ive seen others to be. She never messes with other fish even when they swim right next to her anemone, though if i go by it her husband attacks my fingers.

Is adding more fish a problem due to just not enough space, filtration inadequate, or because the pair is in there?

 

[am07f]

bump...
cmon guys let me know

 

[110reef]

I would say that you could add 1 or 2 larger fish yet. I have found over many years that my old 110 gallon tank would handle about 7 reasonably large active fish like tangs, butterflies and angels. You have mostly small fish, so I think your tank could handle maybe two larger fish or probably 6 or so smaller fish yet.

I also find that the tank will let you know when you have added too many, before too long, a fish will be MIA and you will get back to your max fish load.

How the clowns treat any newcomers is another issue, but if you are careful you should be able to get them to coincide peacefully. There is the mirror trick, or re-arranging the tank, or put the newcomer in a hamster ball until the aggression goes away. All these methods will work to get a newcomer adjusted into the tank.

 

[john90009]

wait till shes ready she can beat up fish like no tomorrow.

 

[am07f]

No i know i had her in a smaller tank and i would get small chromis, come back ten min later and she would have them in her mouth tossing them around like a ball. But ever since i got her and her hub and anemone and in the 75g she has become less aggressive.

The most recent fish are the wrasse and foxface which were put in after about a year of her alone in the tank and she just came close and backed off. They all eat together fine. The chromis are so tiny, the foc face is small and so is the wrasse. She is the only meaty fish, thats why i though i could still get a purple tang and blue tang.

 

[am07f]

bump.

 

[110reef]

Yes. Do it.

 

[Paul_N]

I would say no to Tangs especially the purple. Go with smaller fish. I have a 75 gal now and my purple tang and foxface have really outgrown it.

 

[am07f]

Hmmmm ok ill have to keep figuring this one out, maybe remove the foxface somehow...not my favorite fish.
The purple tang is small so maybe i can get away with it.

 

[JiggyReefer]

u should be fine far as fish load i wouldn't worry about the purple tang they can hold theyre own aggainst any fish and they arent too active so 75g should be good untill it grows out but thats where i would stop