Am I full? (120G stocking)

[purple_jeep]

Gday All,

I have a 120G (4ft x 2ft x 2ft) with the below list of fish and I am wondering how loaded my tank is? I am having an issue with lack of Nitrates (phosphate is at 0.1) and gettting some clumps of hair algae. The LFS suggested I might need more fish and therefore more food and more waste to help the tank.

Current Fish:

• 2 x Clowns
• 2 x Bengali Cardinal Fish
• 1 x Lawnmower Blenny
• 1 x High fin Goby (with shrimp although I have not seen them in a while I still hear the shrimp)
• 1 x Diamond Goby
• 1 x Mandarin Goby
• 1 x Tamoni Tang
• 1 x Foxface
• 3 x blue chromis
• 1 x six line wrasse
• 1 x pin tail wrasse
• 1 x flame hawkfish

Current Inverts:

• 2 x Urchins (tuxedo and pincushion)
• 2 x Conch
• blue legged hermits
• Snails assorted

Running sock filter, skimmer, refugium, dosing NP Bacto Balance and All-for-reef. Feeding 3 cubes of frozen Mysis and some seaweed extreme each day.

Cheers

Chris

 

[lapin]

full
Up the food to 6 cubes and vari it.
Rods food is good

 

[purple_jeep]

ok I won't add anymore, with the 6 cubes and vari it, what other foods would you feed? Are you talking 6 cubes of different frozen foods plus the seaweek extreme?

I also have TDO chroma boost pallets

 

[Lavey29]

ok I won't add anymore, with the 6 cubes and vari it, what other foods would you feed? Are you talking 6 cubes of different frozen foods plus the seaweek extreme?

I also have TDO chroma boost pallets

You can do 3 cubes twice a day.

 

[OrionN]

I would add a variety of good dry food like TDO pellets and marine one flakes. Frozen food does not have all the nutrients fish need.
I would add two more large fish another smallish (like yellow, convict, kole or purple) tang and a regal Angel, and perhaps a few more small/medium fish like flame or flame-back angels.

 

[PharmrJohn]

What kind of clowns do you have. O. Clowns? Maroon?

 

[Jekyl]

Can we have a tank pic? Size isn't the most important factor when compared to having enough sleeping / hiding space.

A tank like Paul B has vs a tank that has NSA aquascaping can hold a vastly different amount of fish.

 

[purple_jeep]

What kind of clowns do you have. O. Clowns? Maroon?

O. Clowns, they just spawned for the first time so thats fun!

Can we have a tank pic? Size isn't the most important factor when compared to having enough sleeping / hiding space.

A tank like Paul B has vs a tank that has NSA aquascaping can hold a vastly different amount of fish.

Yup I'll grab a pic at lunch.

 

[twentyleagues]

Correct me if I am wrong but isnt np bacto balance a carbon source to lower nitrate and phosphate? Maybe stop dosing that? or cut back on it?

 

[purple_jeep]

Correct me if I am wrong but isnt np bacto balance a carbon source to lower nitrate and phosphate? Maybe stop dosing that? or cut back on it?

Balance is supposed to do carbon dosing but adding N and P to keep everything at a happy level. I have since starting this thread increased my feeding and N and P are at a much happier level. Although now I seem to have a ton of vermited snails

 

[twentyleagues]

Balance is supposed to do carbon dosing but adding N and P to keep everything at a happy level. I have since starting this thread increased my feeding and N and P are at a much happier level. Although now I seem to have a ton of vermited snails

Oh lol they got me! At least this isnt 5 years old..

 

[purple_jeep]

Can we have a tank pic? Size isn't the most important factor when compared to having enough sleeping / hiding space.

A tank like Paul B has vs a tank that has NSA aquascaping can hold a vastly different amount of fish.

Here you go!