What DO YOU THINK?????

[dnorton1978]

I am trying to gather some opinions..

Is my lighting, filtration, etc sufficient for my existing live stock?
Do you feel it is overstocked, or okay because of filtration?
Can i eventually add more corals?

Thanks in advance.. You guys are great..




I have a 55 gallon that has been established for 8 months.
Lighting is 2(T5) 54 watt blue and 2(T5) 54 watt white total 216watts
I have a sea clone 100 protien skimmer
a fluval 404 rated for upt to 100 gallons
An over the back filter rated 30 - 60 gallon
2 maxi jet 900 power heads
About 50lbs of live rock
Substrate is about 40lbs or so of carib sea sand

For fish i have:
Flame angel, sailfin tang, fox face, coral beauty, 2 small blue damsels, and a watchman goby.

I have 3 cleaner shrimp
10 margerita snails( i think thats the name)
40 sand sifting snails
about 25 algae eating hermit crabs(some blue legged also)
sand sifting star fish
coral banded shrimp
For corals I have a few stalks of xenia, a small green star polyp, a galaxia,and a green hairy mushroom.

 

[Anonymous]

yes, the sailfin alone needs at lease a 75ga.

 

[Anonymous]

Flame angel, sailfin tang, fox face, coral beauty, 2 small blue damsels, and a watchman goby.

I have a sailfin tang in my 120. It was given to me 6 years ago by someone who had him in a 75, and he out grew it during the time they had him.

Now I feel he has outgrown my 120. I would not put that fish in my size tank again, seeing how big he has become over the years and how much swimming he acts like he would like to do.

So yes, I feel you are currently overstocked as fish go. That is going to be a big fish.

 

[dnorton1978]

my sailfin is fat and happy, at least he looks that way to me. My plan is to keep hime until he is to big and looks cramped, then trade him in at the LFS. He is by far my most favorite fish in the tank, it will be a sad day to let him go. He was my fisrt fish to get ick, and i removed him, treated him, and put him back. He is a survivor!!! That was over a month ago. Bless his litle fins