How much is too much?

[Balanje]

I have a 90-gal take with a 40-gal sump and about and 90lbs of live rock.

Currently stocking 10 fish:
- 1 Yellow Tang
- 1 Cole Tang
- 2 Clown fish
- 1 Bengai Cardinal
- 1 Melanurus Wrasse
- 1 Starry Blenny
- 1 Hawkfish
- 1 Neon Goby (small guy)
- 1 Watchman Goby

Everyone seems quite happy. I have a mixed reef tank and the corals are thriving... I do water changes every other week and the tank doesn't get very dirty in between so the load seems to be OK.

I have my eye on a red or green Mandarin. Do you think I need to swap a fish out before adding any more or would it be OK to add another fish into this environment? How much is too much??

Thanks!

 

[Lasse]

I have
18 cardinals (different species)
9 wrasses (different and small species)
6 goby (small, different species)
1 scooter blenny
1 bicolour blenny
1 pipefish
1 small sunburst (fat head) Anthias
2 hawk Anthias
Probably forgot some

in a 80 gallon mixed reef

It´s not look like a fish soup and the fishes goes very well

I would not hesitate to ad a mandarin to your tank - even if you have two larger fishes (the tangs)

Sincerely Lasse

 

[StingrayNYC]

I think you have ample space to add a mandarin in my opinion. GL!

 

[Balanje]

I have
18 cardinals (different species)
9 wrasses (different and small species)
6 goby (small, different species)
1 scooter blenny
1 bicolour blenny
1 pipefish
1 small sunburst (fat head) Anthias
2 hawk Anthias
Probably forgot some

in a 80 gallon mixed reef

It´s not look like a fish soup and the fishes goes very well

I would not hesitate to ad a mandarin to your tank - even if you have two larger fishes (the tangs)

Sincerely Lasse

Thanks! That makes me feel better .

9 wrasses! That's pretty awesome. I always thought they didn't play very well together...

 

[Lasse]

FYI my fishlist

Wrasses

Halichoeres chrysus 4

Wetmorella nigropinnata 2

Wetmorella tanakai 1

Macropharyngodon bipartitus 2

Cardinals

Sphaeramia nematoptera 11

Zoramia leptacantha 4

Ostorhinchus margaritophorus 3

Gobies

Gobiodon citrinus 1

Gobiodon ceramensi 4

(probably) Amblyeleotris steinitzi 1

Blennies

Ecsenius bicolor 1

Synchiropus ocellatus 1

Anthias

Plectranthias inermis 2

Serranocirrhitus latus 1 In the fuge at the moment

Pipefish

Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus 1



Sincerely Lasse