too many fish??

[happytobehere]

120 gallon cube tank
Current list
3 blue chromis
2 mandarin dragons
2 clowns
1 royal gramma
1 bangaii
1 barred goat fish
1 ember blenny

I want to add
A tang (havent picked. I might due a blue tang and trade in chromis...if that helps)
Diamond goby
Christmas or melanarus wrasse
Golden dwarf moray eel or zebra eel or snowflake eel

I havent decided on an eel yet. I like the olden due to size... but zebra eel Is said to have tne best temperament. My concern is bioload! Too many fish?

 

[AlexG]

What is your total system water volume? I don't think you are over crowding. I have more fish in my 120 but my water volume is around 280gallons.

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[pam0630]

i have a 125 gallon i have 16 fish.....yellow tang, blue hippo, blonde naso, six line wrasse, fox face, coral beauty, 4 chromis, 2 clowns, 4 striped cardinals

 

[Usatennisfan]

IMO depends on the footprint of the tank. I'd say since it was a cube you couldn't house a tang through its entire life but you probably could when it was little.

 

[happytobehere]

I think its a total of 180 gallons... Why is a cube bad for a tang?

 

[pam0630]

they need length in a tank.....my 125 is 6 ft long...thats what they eed

 

[slevin]

Sounds like you have plenty of room, but is your filtration able to handle the load (filter, skimmer, etc.) Also, you need to add slow so the nitrifying bacteria has time to multiply to the new amount of waste produced by the newly added fish otherwise your ammonia will spike and then trouble.