Is this overstocking?

[KingAh123]

Hi
So my is finished cycling and I wonder is 2 clowns, 3 hermit crabs, turbo snail, skunk cleaner shrimp, pepper mint shrimp and nassarius snail a bit too much to add at once now that my tank has finished cycling?
My tank is 125 litres

 

[jcdeng]

depends on the most important thing, tank size?

 

[KingAh123]

depends on the most important thing, tank size?

It is 125 litres/33 gallons

 

[jcdeng]

i would skip the shrimps for now. instead add 1 more small size fish.

 

[KingAh123]

i would skip the shrimps for now. instead add 1 more small size fish.

any suggestions?
My current list/end goal of the fish i want is
Blue Sapphire Damsel 1
Ocellaris Clownfish 2
Longnose Hawkfish 1
Yellow watchman gobi 1
Pistol shrimp 1
Royal Gramma 1
Skunk cleaner shrimp 1
Peppermint Shrimp 1
Blue leg hermit crab x amount
Nassarius snail x amount
Turbo snail x amount
Cerithium snail x amount

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I think its good stocking plan, I wouldnt add more than 2 for now, give the system some time to adjust before adding more.

 

[Weasel1960]

From what I have read that is probably to much cleanup crew to start with.

 

[KingAh123]

From what I have read that is probably to much cleanup crew to start with.

could the skunk cleaner, one turbo and one hermit be a good amount of cuc to start with?

 

[b breef]

any suggestions?
My current list/end goal of the fish i want is
Blue Sapphire Damsel 1
Ocellaris Clownfish 2
Longnose Hawkfish 1
Yellow watchman gobi 1
Pistol shrimp 1
Royal Gramma 1
Skunk cleaner shrimp 1
Peppermint Shrimp 1
Blue leg hermit crab x amount
Nassarius snail x amount
Turbo snail x amount
Cerithium snail x amount

I’d add the watchman as your “1 more”
They are fun fish and gives you that lil bit more bio load which is what you are after… then add more cuc
Gramma would be good choice too for some purple.

 

[jcdeng]

my vote goes to royal gramma, beautiful fish, but kinda shy, add em early on.

 

[SlugSnorter]

could the skunk cleaner, one turbo and one hermit be a good amount of cuc to start with?

wait for the cleaner, get naccasrius instead

 

[Idech]

Before adding the CUC, you need to have detritus/algae build-up, or they will starve to death. I usually like to wait one month before starting adding them.

I would just start with a few snails and go from there. The shrimp, later.

 

[KingAh123]

Before adding the CUC, you need to have detritus/algae build-up, or they will starve to death. I usually like to wait one month before starting adding them.

I would just start with a few snails and go from there. The shrimp, later.

My tank is 8 weeks old I have a good amount of algae
Edit: atleast I think that is a good ammount.

 

[jcdeng]

its better to add more cuc after the sand browning period. Your sand looks too clean/sterile at current state.

 

[GARRIGA]

Too many variables to consider for an honest response to be provided.

How large and efficient is the filtration
How often do you feed
How much do you feed
Ample space and hiding locations to suppress aggression (only reason I worry about tank size as filtration what I depend on to determine bio-load)

What I normally do is stress test the tank with ammonium chloride by upping the dose to obtain about 4 ppm. Then I increase the frequency. I'm looking to see how quickly my nitrites are converted to undetectable. Once cycled I don't bother with ammonia other than to confirm I dosed enough. I also tend to wait a few weeks post cycle to add fish and now I'm adding a carbon source along with heterotrophic bacteria to get a full cycle established and won't add fish until that's working, within reason. This last addition keeps me from having to perform a large water change to export nitrates.

 

[davidcalgary29]

I'm going to be contrarian and disagree with everyone (or mostly everyone) who's posted above.

You can certainly add your CUC after your cycle has been completed. You may have to give them supplemental feedings, but that's no different from what you'd be doing if you added your fish first; your wish-list inverts won't drastically add to your bioload; you can treat this as a quarantine and let your tank go fallow, with inverts, to eliminate parasites if you aren't planning to do a formal quarantine on them. Win-win!

 

[KingAh123]

I'm going to be contrarian and disagree with everyone (or mostly everyone) who's posted above.

You can certainly add your CUC after your cycle has been completed. You may have to give them supplemental feedings, but that's no different from what you'd be doing if you added your fish first; your wish-list inverts won't drastically add to your bioload; you can treat this as a quarantine and let your tank go fallow, with inverts, to eliminate parasites if you aren't planning to do a formal quarantine on them. Win-win!

That's the thing I'm not planning on getting a quarantine tank since I don't have space for it.
I have plenty of hiding places like caves and stuff.
So I have ordered a normal ocellaris clown and a darwini clown, 1 skunk cleaner and 2 hermits.
Just to make sure that I'm not overloading my system.

 

[SlugSnorter]

That's the thing I'm not planning on getting a quarantine tank since I don't have space for it.
I have plenty of hiding places like caves and stuff.
So I have ordered a normal ocellaris clown and a darwini clown, 1 skunk cleaner and 2 hermits.
Just to make sure that I'm not overloading my system.

the reason we were all saying snails only for now is that hermits can get nippy when they get hungry and the snails will not do to well when that happens, shrimp are also pretty sensitive. IMO get naccarius and a cerith snail or two and they will help stir the sand bed and eat scaps

 

[shakacuz]

My tank is 8 weeks old I have a good amount of algae
Edit: atleast I think that is a good ammount.

diatoms. should go away after time. tank is still new..

 

[polyppal]

Hi
So my is finished cycling and I wonder is 2 clowns, 3 hermit crabs, turbo snail, skunk cleaner shrimp, pepper mint shrimp and nassarius snail a bit too much to add at once now that my tank has finished cycling?
My tank is 125 litres

Sounds fine to me, I would wait a little until you add any additional fish though