Bio Loads.

[reeferkeeper420]

So as i keep adding fish i think to myself after, crap theres alot of fish in there now lol. Currently i have:
1 Yellow Blotched Rabbitfish
1 Yellow Tang
1 Hippo tang
1 Copperband Butterfly
1 Checkerboard Wrasse
2 Leopard Wrasses
2 Bangaii Cardinals
2 Blue Damsels
4 Blue Chromis
So i already have a heavy bioload in my 135g. My issue is can i add more fish if im exporting my nutrients properly?? If so, what should i be looking into doing? Any tips are welcomed. Thanks.


Riley

 

[heath]

and these are all with your corals ? What are you thinking of adding and how good is your equipment/filtration, how much time to do have to spend on the tank cleaning it and how often are you willing to do water changes, these are things that you need to ask yourself before you add anything else to avoid disasters..summer is coming and I am sure that when you have a day off you would rather be out with friends instead of cleaning the tank..

 

[EricTMah]

If you're having problem with PO4 already. It's not going to get better as you add more.

BTW. That's a lot of fish. I don't even have that and I have total water volume of 220+gallons

Sony Xperia Z3

 

[reef keeper]

That's a boat load of fish. I have 350 gallons and I don't think I'll have that much. My fugue is 40 gallons too!

 

[TORX]

I am just as guilty. 2 lg hippos, 2 lg foxface, 2 med scopa, 3 cardinals, 4 green chromis, 1 med powder blue, 1 effing lg sailfin, 1 purple dottyback, 2 clowns, and I think that is it in my 120

 

[TORX]

At least most of yours are smaller fish. I run a huge ass over rated skimmer and go through gfo like mad. (Seriously need to get set up with that pool chemical soon). I would probably hold off adding anything, especially larger fish. It will just lead to aggression or suicide.

 

[EricTMah]

I have a lot too. But I run a very productive fuge with gfo and I've never had a problem since my system has matured.
Yellow tang, foxface, cbb, leopard wrasse, 2 Skunk clowns, perc clown, Royal gramma, 2 chromis, 5 anthias, 2 damsels

It all boils down to what your system can handle and what you're willing to do to keep parameters in check. Large water changes, frequent gfo and carbon, fuge, and the list goes on.

The point is. Look at where your no3 and PO4 are. Then decide how much more work or money you're willing to do/spend to keep your corals happy.

Sony Xperia Z3

 

[heath]

Torx, what is a "effing lrg sailfin", I have never seen one, you should post a picture..

 

[reeferkeeper420]

Right now im running a Reef octopus SRO 3000 skimmer and biopellets and gfo. Currently my n03 isnt a problem its the p04. Id love to set up a fuge but space wont allow that. No carbon is being used, never have. Currently im only doing a 20g WC every 2 weeks. But ill def hold off until i can get my p04 under control and go from there.
But like some have said alot of them are small fish and wont get much bigger than they are now. They only ones that will get big are the 2 tangs the rabbit and copperband. Realistically the only fish i want to add are a Achilles tang,Blonde Naso tang and a pair of mandarins. Id love a school of dispar anthias but thats not in the cards with my bioload already being so high.

 

[reef keeper]

The naso and Achilles get big. The Achilles is a really fussy fish and is Ich prone. I think you need a bigger tank. 8 ft 300 gallon. Woohoo!

 

[reeferkeeper420]

Lol yeah they get big and are ich prone like any tang, just like the powders. And your right..except i need a 10ft 500g. Lol

 

[reeferkeeper420]

Thatll be my next build...when i move out...and win the lottery lol.

 

[reef keeper]

Lotto win..... Mmmmmmm

 

[scubasteve]

we should have it if someone wins the lottery they have to start a 1000 gal community tank