Am I Overstocked?

Hamsnacks · Jan 21, 2020

Tank is a 225 Gallon 72"L x 30"W x 24"H
90 Gallon Sump, with a Skimmer rated for 450 Gallons
Vacuum surface of the sand every 2 weeks and do a 20% water change every 2 weeks.

Current Stock:

4 x Clownfish
Zebra Dwarf Lionfish
Foxface Rabbitfish
Hawaiian Yellow Tang
Orange Shoulder Tang
Blue Tang
Flame Fin Tomini Tang
Powder Brown Tang
2 x Blue Damselfish (plan on selling them this week)
Plus the cleaning crew.

None of them are full grown yet except for the clowns, the rest I'd say medium size.

Another member is shutting down his tank and has the following:

Desjardini Sailfin Tang
Powder Blue Tang

The clownfish school together, I was never planning on keeping 2 I picked up but they got along instantly, they all swim together.
Not concerned with the Lionfish, he keeps to himself and I feed him on his own at night.

I'm thinking its overstocked, but what are your opinions?
Of course it is all conditional on if they all get along, which as of right now the tangs are.

Terri Caton · Jan 21, 2020

That’s a lot of tangs! If they are all getting along I wouldn’t chance it by adding more.

Your tank as it is now is going to get super crowded as they get bigger. You might start seeing some aggression then.

Plus Powder Browns and Powder Blues don’t usually get along.
The Desjardini alone needs a Lot of space.

AquaholicAquariums · Jan 21, 2020

Hamsnacks said:
Tank is a 225 Gallon 72"L x 30"W x 24"H
90 Gallon Sump, with a Skimmer rated for 450 Gallons
Vacuum surface of the sand every 2 weeks and do a 20% water change every 2 weeks.

Current Stock:

4 x Clownfish
Zebra Dwarf Lionfish
Foxface Rabbitfish
Hawaiian Yellow Tang
Orange Shoulder Tang
Blue Tang
Flame Fin Tomini Tang
Powder Brown Tang
2 x Blue Damselfish (plan on selling them this week)
Plus the cleaning crew.

None of them are full grown yet except for the clowns, the rest I'd say medium size.

Another member is shutting down his tank and has the following:

Desjardini Sailfin Tang
Powder Blue Tang

The clownfish school together, I was never planning on keeping 2 I picked up but they got along instantly, they all swim together.
Not concerned with the Lionfish, he keeps to himself and I feed him on his own at night.

I'm thinking its overstocked, but what are your opinions?
Of course it is all conditional on if they all get along, which as of right now the tangs are.

I would skip the powder blue, both tangs in general. That’s a lot of tangs! I wouldn’t say you are overstocked by any means but that powder blue and brown are going to battle it out forsure.