Pretty Sure I Am Overstocked?

[mgb1974]

My roommate decided to get out of the marine hobby. He sold me all of his live rock and fish for a steal of $100. I got about 50 lbs of rock and several fish. So I couldnt turn it down. I am thinking now that I need to get rid of some fish.

Here is my tank:
90 Gallon Main tank
20 Gallon Sump
125 Rated Protien Skimmer
100 lbs of Live Rock

Fish:
Blue/Regal Tang-about 4 inches
Auriga Butterflyfish-about 4 inches
4 Clownfish-Medium sized
Firefish-
Royal Gramma-
Yellow Watchman Goby
Coral Banded Shrimp-Small
5 or so Hermit Crabs

Do you guys think this is ok? Water changes how much and frequency?

Thanks!

 

[Jonny967]

If i can remember correctly, i think it is one fish per seven gallons and of course using a bit of commen sense with certain large fish. I think you will be ok with what you have unless you are wanting new fish in which you would then have to get rid of a couple.

 

[Sea Turtle]

Sounds good. You have a good protein skimmer and plenty of live rock. I don't think that you will need to remove any of those fish. You can always add a LOT more clean-up crew (eg. snails, hermit crabs, etc..) this will allow you to add more fish. If I were you, I would go to the lfs and purchase a mixture of about 20 or so snails and hermit crabs. This will really help to keep the water free from polution. I also added a phosphate reactor Two Little fishie Phosban reactor this really helped avoid the fear of overfeeding. Also, I would change out about 2 to 5 gallons per week or 10 to 15 gallons per month. I have a 75 gallon and I like to change out 2 gallons every couple of days. It makes it easier so I'm not dealing with heavy buckets and tons of mixings and spilling. Also I feel it is better this way because it doesn't change the temp of the water at all. Good luck.

 

[ben1987]

What are your water stats? If your stats are good and everyone gets on then you should be ok for now.
i would re-home two of the clowns though as they are probably best of as a pair.
The ragal may outgrow your tank too. Water changes at least 10% weekly imo.

 

[karaim]

Even if you are ok now, the tang will definately outgrow the tank in the futuren (it can grow up to 12 inches). Also, the clowns will probably fight until 2 or 1 are left.

Not worried about the other fish, but the tang and clowns might be a problem in the future.