bigmike015 Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 I am wondering how many fish i can have in my tank. I got a few fish from a friend and now i am wondering if there are too many. I have a 40 gallon breeder and a 20 gallon long sump. I have : 3-Yellow Tail Damsels 1-Clown 1-Flame Angel 1-Goby 1-Damsel 1-Black striped fish Is that to many fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 I would be worried about all the damsels. I'm assuming the black striped one is a damsel as well. That's a pretty hefty number of demon fish in that size tank 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 That doesn't seem outrageous for 60 total gallons, depending on how much LR/other filtration you have. It does seem on the heavy side though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmike015 Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share Posted June 12, 2013 I have about 50 Lbs of live rock, Skimmer, and a micron filtration bag on the overflow side. I think i might get rid of a few damsels if i can catch them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+etannert Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Eh, you're fine. I have 6 or 7 in my Solana and that's only 30ish gallons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Do you know how old the fish are? Most dwarf angels for example are juveniles or sub adults when we get them and can easily double in size and quadruple in weight in a couple of years. This would certainly effect decisions about any additional fish you may think about adding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmike015 Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share Posted June 12, 2013 I dont know how old the fish is, but i dont plan on adding anything else, if anything may get rid of some damsels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 The blackstripe is probably a Humbug or 5 stripe damsel. I follow the rule of 1" of fish per 1 gallon, if in a fish only or fowlr. If you want a reef, then I would divide at least by 1/2. IMO you will have better success by trading in all of your damsels and the Humbug and going with less aggressive fish. Fish associated with nanos will do well - Clown Fish, Firefish, Gobies, Chromis etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmike015 Posted June 21, 2013 Author Share Posted June 21, 2013 The flame Angel is so pretty tho! Agree with getting rid of the damsels, would like some chromis, but they are hard to find. I would like to keep just the angel, clown, and goby, and the coral banded shrimp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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