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Unread 11/13/2019, 09:09 AM   #1
gareth.hubbarde
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Stocking ideas

Hi all, am looking for ideas for my aquarium. I currently have :

300l (80g) tank
36 kg crushed coral and aragonite substrate
40kg live rock
Deltec mce600 skimmer
1000lph filter pump
Filter floss
1 2800 lph pump,( hydor koralia 3200)
1x hydor koralia 1600 pump

1 algae blenny
1 kole tang
1 long nose Hawk fish
1 Royal gramma

1 strawberry conch
3 nassarius snails
1 boxer shrimp
6 small red legged hermits
1 Mexican turbo snail
1 tuxedo urchin
1 tube anemone
1 peppermint shrimp

I am going to return the Hawk fish to lfs shortly, its a very cool fish just stopping me getting the shrimp I want, and more shrimp will make Mrs happy.

My next 2 fish in will be

Foxface
Coral beauty

With plans for

2 skunk cleaners
1 peppermint shrimp
1 blood shrimp

A few trochus snails.

Would you consider that a full tank or could I add another fish or two, possibly a few chromis or something else small and shoals?

Thanks in advance.

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Unread 11/15/2019, 07:34 PM   #2
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Multiply the length with the width. Then, multiply the result with 3. The final result is the total number of inches of total fish length in inches.
This is said to be the approximation of comfort via oxygenation for the fishes. But, I like to keep it lower than that allowed by the said calculation.
As far as your tank is concerned, I assume that the above method might not allow for more than 20 inches of fish length. If you add a sump, it might increase to 25" or 30" if it the sump is large.
You also have LPS. So, practicing restraint in keeping the bioload low would save a lot of headache down the road.

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And, everyone of us find it difficult to resist the attraction towards the beautiful fishes and the list ends up to be a long, and very long indeed. But, we cannot afford to accommodate all our choices due to limitation of space as far as bioload is concerned as well as territorial aggression. The ocean is more than plenty but our tanks are tiny no matter what. So, keeping what we like the most keeps problems at bay through many ways.

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