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I have 24 fish in a 54g that's .44 fish per gallon. My maintenance, though is more than what most people will do as I change 15g 3x's a week. PO4+0, NO3+<1ppm.
Halichoeres richmondi, H. leucurus, H. argus, H. marginatus, H. papilionaceous x2, H. biocellatus, H. melanurus, H. chrysotaenia, Cirrhilabrus cf. lanceolatus, C. lunatus, Leptojulis cyanopleura, Xenojulis margaritacacea, Macropharyngodon negrosensis, Paracheilinus flavianalis, P. mckosker, P. lineopunctatus, Pink bar goby x2, ocellaris x2, Royal Gramma, Firefish.
It is an SPS dominant tank, and I plan on adding even more fish in the future.
I'm just curious how heavily stocked everyone's tank is. Please base your gallons on the display gallons ONLY and not full system gallon. Thanks!
This will require some math....fish/gallons. The result will most likely not be a whole number unless your tank is very heavily stocked...
While I understand that inches of fish per gallon might be a better determinate in "tank overcrowding" I feel that typically most people's fish end up averaging out to similar lengths. I did not use this metric because I'm also curious how many different "personalities" people are able to keep in a single aquarium.
I'm working on this theory that fish and their moment around corals is critical in how SPS and other corals feed and remove waste. In our home systems powerheads play this role (flow) but I'm trying to figure out how large of a role fish play in the equation. If you watch the above video fish are totally packed around some of the SPS corals. The movement of the fish is creating "flow" for the corals(allowing them to feed/expel waste).
To add to that, the fish would be practically pooping right into the coral, providing nutrients directly to the corals.
I know this is an older thread but didn't see your findings from the answers. In my opinion fish swimming within the colonies would have little impact on flow within the colony structure in comparison to the effect that wave action and currents have on coral colonies. Also about fish poop, sps generally have poor prey capturing abilities and fish poop is typically too large for sps to make use of. Although, fish urine could have the most impact on coral in my thinking. Marine fish don't urinate in large quantities but it is highly concentrated and contains amino acids which has been found to be beneficial to corals, hence why some dose it into their tanks. In my opinion the way fish swimming within the colony is beneficial to coral lies in the amino acids in the fish urine. But I don't think that this process is possible to replicate in the average home aquarium using fish, simply because the bio load would have to be extremely high and utilize many small fish capable of getting right up on corals peeing on them to be beneficial enough to employ. Just my thinking on the matter.
That sounds like an interesting test. I'll have to do some searching so see what the findings were! Thanks for the response.
I would love to see pics or video of your tank where might I find them @eatbreakfast sorry for the off topic.