Overstocked?

Reef Breeders · Jul 27, 2012

This video made me a little upset! Look what this guy has in a 4 foot tank! a clown trigger, several tangs, a niger trigger, an emporer angel, a ribbon eel, and more! How?

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impur · Jul 27, 2012

Yah its sad. There is an ad on craigslist here, guy has a 45gal tank with a naso tang, 2 blue tangs, a yellow tang, and some clowns.

theronsta · Jul 27, 2012

Wow. Thats a lot of fish but you have to admit that they all look healthy..

Reef Breeders · Jul 27, 2012

theronsta said:
Wow. Thats a lot of fish but you have to admit that they all look healthy..

I know they look very good actually. In the comment section, I wished the guy luck, but told him he should consider an upgrade to at least a 210 gallon tank. I have a little 2" niger trgger, and he pretty much roams the whole 40 breeder frag tank he is being qted in, imagine a 9" one with a 10" + clown trigger in a 120 gallon tank.

Chameleon · Jul 27, 2012

I think its sad he filed the clown triggers teeth to keep it from biting fish/coral. That just sounds mean

SPSjunky · Jul 27, 2012

I dont think overstocked is really the term for the tank.More like insanely packed with fish that should never be in that size aquarium.They do look health though but a lot of those fish still have some growing to do.

Reef Breeders · Jul 27, 2012

Chameleon said:
I think its sad he filed the clown triggers teeth to keep it from biting fish/coral. That just sounds mean

He did WHAT! I did not read that part, but that is just horrible. Now I am mad at him, wayyyyyy more than before!

ritter6788 · Jul 27, 2012

The good thing is if you cram them in there tight enough they don't have room to fight.

Chameleon · Jul 27, 2012

anemonekeeper said:
He did WHAT! I did not read that part, but that is just horrible. Now I am mad at him, wayyyyyy more than before!

Yep he said it in some of the early post when people were curious how he got it to behave with the other fish. what a meany

Young Frankenstein · Jul 27, 2012

I disagree

the selection of fish, the feeding (denitrator etc) looks like he knows what he is doing, anyway just because some people say for a yellow tang you need xxxx gallons is meaningless because in nature they need an 8' diameter minimum for their territory, come on tree huggers cheer up

we all have glass cages

Reef Breeders · Jul 27, 2012

Young Frankenstein said:
I disagree the selection of fish, the feeding (denitrator etc) looks like he knows what he is doing, anyway just because some people say for a yellow tang you need xxxx gallons is meaningless because in nature they need an 8' diameter minimum for their territory, come on tree huggers cheer up we all have glass cages

13" clown trigger, and a 9" niger, along with 2 hippos and a yellow, an eel, an emporer angelfish, a flaome angel, and MORE?! tree hugger or not big fishies don't belong in little tanks with no turning room

SPSjunky · Jul 27, 2012

^ i agree

Saltwatertaylor · Jul 27, 2012

Im going to also say this is very cruel. These fish are never going to grow to their potential size because of how small of a tank he has. I want to blame a part on the LFS. Certain LFS dont care where their fish end up and when asked will say its okay to put certain fish in certain sized tanks.

secretreefer · Jul 27, 2012

LOL "tree huggers". My opinion. Yeah I think too much fish (large/small) in that tank. that's definitely a "stacked territory". Video was made 4 years ago and I hope this person has gotten a larger tank to house such a beautiful collection of fish.

Rockadile · Jul 27, 2012

Many people would say my tank is over stocked for a 90 with 13 fish so I wont judge but, it sure does make me feel better about my tank.

SeahorseKeeper · Jul 27, 2012

Makes my tank look barren.

mgdmirage · Jul 27, 2012

Despite all the hate those miserable fish look pretty fat and happy.

Young Frankenstein · Jul 28, 2012

mgdmirage said:
Despite all the hate those miserable fish look pretty fat and happy.

I agree LOL whoever has the tank takes care of them, one thing i don't like is pointing the finger too fast and being judgmental, come on look at the fish they are healthy, what else ?

Young Frankenstein · Jul 28, 2012

For those that are so humane, and kind, and love fish so much........... simply making a statement. Did you know most fish caught sit in a bucket for a day at the beach, after shipped in some chemical solution to another country, arriving at the airport and shipped again to some distributor, shipped again to a retailer and shipped again to your fish tank. Lets think whats the mortality rate ? 50% ? 80 % let me tall ya some times 90% and with certain species like lets say Moorish Idelle close to 100%. If you belong to this hobby and buy fish don't be so sensitive, thats all i am going to say and not take this any further. And i do agree the tank is too small, but don't make it sound like you got emotional over it, think first. Its all good fellas, everyone is entitled to their opinion and so em I.

Do you have emergency backup ?
Do you keep saltwater for emergency use?
Do you quarantine your fish?

Think

To add to this, we all here love our fish, corals, nature .............. but by many we are all considered cruel to fish, there was a speaker in MAGNA that is a specialist in fish, but a secret tree hugger

she took the mike and let all of them have it, from what i was told it was hilarious

Anyway anemone keeper its all good my friend

Reef Breeders · Jul 28, 2012

Young Frankenstein said:
For those that are so humane, and kind, and love fish so much........... simply making a statement. Did you know most fish caught sit in a bucket for a day at the beach, after shipped in some chemical solution to another country, arriving at the airport and shipped again to some distributor, shipped again to a retailer and shipped again to your fish tank. Lets think whats the mortality rate ? 50% ? 80 % let me tall ya some times 90% and with certain species like lets say Moorish Idelle close to 100%. If you belong to this hobby and buy fish don't be so sensitive, thats all i am going to say and not take this any further. And i do agree the tank is too small, but don't make it sound like you got emotional over it, think first. Its all good fellas, everyone is entitled to their opinion and so em I.

Do you have emergency backup ?
Do you keep saltwater for emergency use?
Do you quarantine your fish?

Think

Yes, but it is your responsibility as their owner to make them happy, not continue the viscous cycle