How many fish?

Longnose Hawkfish · Dec 31, 2013

Hey everyone! I'm in the process of setting up a 60g cube, and was wondering how many fish I could fit in it? I was going for more smaller fish. How many wrasse could I fit in here, if any? Thanks!!!

Marshall O · Jan 1, 2014

What are the dimensions?

Longnose Hawkfish · Jan 1, 2014

24x24x24

NC2WA · Jan 1, 2014

rule of thumb is for every inch of fish you want 5 gallons of tank water...this is also determined on what type of skimmer you have and how good it is removing "junk" from your tank.

Longnose Hawkfish · Jan 1, 2014

I'm planning on getting one of the reef Octopus skimmers. And thanks.

NC2WA · Jan 1, 2014

Reef Octopus is a good skimmer...I have a HOB one that I did use on my 40B, worked like a champ and got some good skimmate...

once you DO have a bio load in your tank, you should be emptying the collection cup of the skimmer once a week...

Longnose Hawkfish · Jan 1, 2014

Ok sounds good.

will a flasher wrasse work in that tank?

Marshall O · Jan 1, 2014

Flashers should be ok, but those dimensions are not ideal as they do use all the tank length you can give them. I would only do 1, two at the most. You could secondly do a Possum Wrasse as well.

sqcube4me · Jan 1, 2014

cant wait to see your tank longnose ..

Longnose Hawkfish · Jan 1, 2014

Ok thanks!

and I can't wait too!

Longnose Hawkfish · Jan 1, 2014

Would a fairy wrasse be better or flasher? Thanks!

Kworker · Jan 1, 2014

NC2WA said:
rule of thumb is for every inch of fish you want 5 gallons of tank water...this is also determined on what type of skimmer you have and how good it is removing "junk" from your tank.

So a 12" fish in a 24x24x24 tank? It depends on a lot of factors besides size, sure you didnt mean it as a 100% way of determining a stock list.

Just do your research, look at other tank builds of similar sized tanks (more important to have it close to same dimensions) and see what they have done.

Fairy wrasses would be cool in a 60 cube.

Good luck!

-Kc

Longnose Hawkfish · Jan 1, 2014

Thanks!!

I'll make a list and I'll post it an tell me what you think! I'll post it tomorrow

rockinzebra457 · Jan 1, 2014

I have a 60 cube with a pair of bpavk ice clowns and a flame wrasse. I plan on adding maybe one more fosh like a possem wrasse or one of those ruby red blennys.

AQUAMAN21 · Jan 1, 2014

Longnose Hawkfish said:
Thanks!! I'll make a list and I'll post it an tell me what you think! I'll post it tomorrow

Just my 2 cents but i think you can get as many fish as your pocket can afford but just don't over do it cause they'll all grow in time. BTW i have a reed octopus skimmer rated for 200 gallons on my 150 Gal and it works great. can't wait to see what fish your buying

Longnose Hawkfish · Jan 2, 2014

How does this sound.
x1 royal gramma basslet
x3 spotted cardinalfish
Mckosker flasher wrasse male and female
x2 gobies
x1 blenny?
x1 clown
x1 yellow candy hogfish
Maybe 1 or 2 more random fish.

Any advice would be great! Just a list willing to get rid of any!

thanks!

Longnose Hawkfish · Jan 2, 2014

Also would have inverts.

Marshall O · Jan 2, 2014

Longnose Hawkfish said:
How does this sound.
x1 royal gramma basslet
x3 spotted cardinalfish
Mckosker flasher wrasse male and female
x2 gobies
x1 blenny?
x1 clown
x1 yellow candy hogfish
Maybe 1 or 2 more random fish.

Any advice would be great! Just a list willing to get rid of any! thanks!

Hogfish in general are not safe with inverts. I have never had a Yellow Candy though, so someone else would need to confirm. Otherwise I think the list is mostly ok. Just need to narrow it down to 7-8 fish

Longnose Hawkfish · Jan 2, 2014

Ok I can definelty get rid of the hogfish and the blenny. And of course they will al be placed in probably over the course of at least 6 months.

AQUAMAN21 · Jan 2, 2014

Sounds like a good combo of fish to me, and yeah hogfish can eat inverts sometimes. If you really want them, just research more about what's reef/ invert safe.