Derry Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Hey, there! I bounced this off of MAAST and was hoping the locals would give their thoughts, too. I'm looking for some input regarding the current bioload on my tank. I think I'm approaching my fish limit, but I'd like some of the wiser heads to chime in. Trying to exercise some discretion, here, and leave myself a bit of wiggle room rather than peg the needle regarding the number of fish in the tank... Tank specs: 140-gal (60x30x18) ~150 lbs of live rock RS 135 skimmer 30-gal sump (runs with 10-15 gals) Mag9 return Two Koralia 4s One Koralia 2s Sequence Dart driving a closed loop through two SCWDs Fish stock: Yellow tang (1) Blue jaw trigger (1) Coral beauty (1) Royal gramma (1) Lawnmower blenny (1) Chromis (3) Onyx perculas (2) Mandarin (1) Note: None of my gear has any mods. All are out-of-the-box. Thanks much! Derry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjohn Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 I am not sure I qualify as a 'wiser head'. However, IMHO unless the fish you mentioned are exceptionally large, I would think that was a very light bioload for a 140 gal tank even without a sump, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innate1 Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 I only qualify as a wise(edited due to content) but I agree with Ric, those are some pretty small fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robb in Austin Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Well, the tang and trigger count more. How big are they? I'd say you could add 1 or maybe 2 more fish, depending on size. Edit: Saw the sizes on MAAST. You could probably add a few more small ones. Your tank is only 5ft long so I think that will limit you somewhat. The front to back depth is nice though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barderer Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 your tank should be able to handle that nooo problem. I could do that load in a 75 If you get a good skimmer you can close double that load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKarshens Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 I would agree you have a little wiggle room. Though the Trigger and Tang are big and big poopers so they eat up some fish real estate. I would think a bigger skimmer would help since you are a little undersized right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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