210 Stocking

BillB83 · Sep 29, 2025

I setup a 120 for my son last year and he picked out a few fish as babies. They are growing and I am starting to plan out their next home.

Current Stock
Porcupine Puffer - 5" (Growing Fast)
Niger Trigger - 3"
Snowflake Eel - 12-14"
Melanurus Wrasse - 3.5"
Kole Tang - 3"

Plan is to setup and move the stock into a 210. Do I have room to add more fish in here or with the bio-load of the puffer/trigger/eel am i kinda maxed out? Also before i move them all in if anyone sees any issues with current stocking let me know. I added the Kole tang/wrasse just for algae/pest maintenance

Thanks

fishywishy · Sep 29, 2025

You will have plenty of more room for fish once you upgrade to the 210.

Current stock is okay. But the eel could definitely eat the smaller fish you have if it wanted to.

BillB83 · Sep 29, 2025

fishywishy said:
You will have plenty of more room for fish once you upgrade to the 210.

Current stock is okay. But the eel could definitely eat the smaller fish you have if it wanted to.

Yeah he ate a railway goby. He's been behaving if I make sure to target feed him every other day now

BillB83 · Sep 30, 2025

fishywishy said:
You will have plenty of more room for fish once you upgrade to the 210.

Current stock is okay. But the eel could definitely eat the smaller fish you have if it wanted to.

Anyone have an opinion on the Aqueon 210 vs the Marineland 220 build quality ?

slythy · Sep 30, 2025

BillB83 said:
Anyone have an opinion on the Aqueon 210 vs the Marineland 220 build quality ?

I had 2 brand new Aqueon 180s pop glass when filled. I would never ever buy another one from them. I used a marineland for a few years before getting a planet aquariums 180.

BillB83 · Sep 30, 2025

slythy said:
I had 2 brand new Aqueon 180s pop glass when filled. I would never ever buy another one from them. I used a marineland for a few years before getting a planet aquariums 180.

my 120 is a marineland and my 65G is a marineland both seem to be fine, I also have a 135 mixed reef seapora tank thats been great. I have yet to have an Aqueon tank. If you guys are in agreement that the marineland is a better bet then ill go with that over the aqueon i just heard the glass on the marineland is a bit thin.