Stocking List/Ideas

bknapp · Oct 30, 2012

This is what I am thinking as far as stocking for my 110, the stocking will be slow.

Already Have:
3- Chromis
1- Yellow Watchman

What I would like to add:
3- Bartlett Anthias
1- Yasha Goby
1- Midas Blenny (or possibly a bicolor blenny)
1- Tang (unsure of which, I really like the Blonde Naso but I have been convinced its a bad idea)

How does this stocking seem? Too much bio load? There will be other inverts and such added along the way as well.

Dowtish · Oct 30, 2012

Thats sounds fairly minimal IMO. You have a good skimmer, and you are running bio pellets. You shouldnt have any problem keeping nutrients down.

I would look into a kole tang, or a small purple tang.

bknapp · Oct 30, 2012

What else would you consider adding, I liked the solar wrasse and the flame angel as well. Would those be ok to add too? Thanks for the input Chris.

gmoney243 · Oct 30, 2012

this is the good thing about ecobak and algae scrubbers is that it allows you to keep lots of fish. technically you could add lots of fish as far as bioload since you would just have to add more ecobak or grow more algae on a bigger screen to keep nutrients down. your really just limited by the space. long as you go slow you should be able to add almost as many 5" fish as you want within reason of course. for anything over like 5" in your tank is going to start running out of good swim room and that can be stressfull. Tangs grow very fast and one of the bigger tangs will outgrow your tank in just a year or 2. i would say keep your fish under 8" max size and you should be good to add just about anything you want as far as bioload is concerned.

for tangs if it was me i would get something like a yellow tang or tomini or kole tang.

Dowtish · Oct 30, 2012

If you start looking into wrasses, you have to be careful with certain inverts, and you will need a lid on the tank. The flame angel is always considered a risk as far as picking on SPS, but many folks have had success with them.

Those are both smaller fish, so you could definitely add that to your list.

bknapp · Oct 30, 2012

gmoney243 said:
this is the good thing about ecobak and algae scrubbers is that it allows you to keep lots of fish. technically you could add lots of fish as far as bioload since you would just have to add more ecobak or grow more algae on a bigger screen to keep nutrients down. your really just limited by the space. long as you go slow you should be able to add almost as many 5" fish as you want within reason of course. for anything over like 5" in your tank is going to start running out of good swim room and that can be stressfull. Tangs grow very fast and one of the bigger tangs will outgrow your tank in just a year or 2. i would say keep your fish under 8" max size and you should be good to add just about anything you want as far as bioload is concerned.

Thats what has made me weary of a tang (that and ich) I know they are very active swimmers and require the room. That's what got my concerned about the blonde naso was our conversation at the meeting Saturday and it was nixed from the list.

gmoney243 · Oct 30, 2012

and also depends how much rockwork you have. if its crowded then theres not really room for any tang just smaller fish that like to hide.

gmoney243 · Oct 30, 2012

just QT your fish and medicate and no need for worries about ich lol. i edited post above after u posted but i would suggest a yellow , tomini or kole tang.

bknapp · Oct 30, 2012

gmoney243 said:
and also depends how much rockwork you have. if its crowded then theres not really room for any tang just smaller fish that like to hide.

My rock work is pretty open, should have plenty of swimming room.

Dowtish said:
If you start looking into wrasses, you have to be careful with certain inverts, and you will need a lid on the tank. The flame angel is always considered a risk as far as picking on SPS, but many folks have had success with them.

Those are both smaller fish, so you could definitely add that to your list.

I will be adding a clear screen top before too long. What inverts are issues with wrasses? Would you consider a flame angel for your tank?

gmoney243 said:
just QT your fish and medicate and no need for worries about ich lol. i edited post above after u posted but i would suggest a yellow , tomini or kole tang.

I like the yellow eye kole tang more so than a yellow tang. No extra room for a QT set up at this time.

Dowtish · Oct 31, 2012

Kole Tang is a better choice IMO, they dont get too big, and they are excellent algae/glass cleaners.

I would love a flame angel, but I tried 2 other types of angels, and my tangs werent having it.

solar · Oct 31, 2012

I have always been very partial to powder blue tangs and scopas tangs.

angrycubano · Oct 31, 2012

My flame never really bothered anything when I had corals. The good thing about them is they are dwarfs so size will not be an issue. There are other dwarf angels but you run the risk at their picking at things. As far as tangs, since you like the blonde naso maybe look into the powder brown. They seem to have a similar color pattern kinda but get up to 8" so keep that in mind.