Face The Shame Head-On: Let’s See Your Over-Stocked Tank...!

[Rakie]

So fish are social. And they've just begun recording fish in the ocean, and sensitive microphones are revealing that fish are about as vocal as BIRDS. They all communicate, each species makes it's own sound, and to a degree fish can interpret other fish's language or at least meaning -- A fish can hear other fish panicking and tell something bad is happening.

The better our underwater microphone technology gets, the more were realizing they're talking almost non stop. Because of this, I believe the more fish the better. You gotta keep them entertained.

 

[nickkohrn]

Coral beauty angel

Any issues with it nipping at corals? I've been considering a pygmy for my system, which contains SPS and a few frags of zoanthids, but I am apprehensive.

 

[madweazl]

Any issues with it nipping at corals? I've been considering a pygmy for my system, which contains SPS and a few frags of zoanthids, but I am apprehensive.

I only have SPS and that isn't on the menu for most.

 

[Fiesty]

WOW! I like this thread! Just when i thought i was full up y'all make me want to shop for and add more ........ more .... more! U make my 2 month old tank look almost empty!

 

[m0jjen]

I tried to overstock my reefer 625 XXL, still got 0 nutrients and dino ;Rage

 

[russell13]

 

[jporter17]

Lots of fish, 30 or so. They are pigs!
Tangs:
Purple and white tail
Wrasses:
Leopard, Radiant, Magma, Pintail, Rosy, Pink Streak, Katherines, Yellow Coris
Others:
Pair of black storm clownfish, 2 sunburst Antias, Geometric Pygmy, Midas, blue sapphire damsel, Helfinchs, Red filefish, Watanabei Angel, 2 red scooter bennies, Pink Striped shrimp goby, Royal Gramma, watchman goby, 4 chromis, 4 pistol shrimp, 5-6 Peppermint shrimp, cleaner shrimp, war paint goby.
Probably leaving one or two off. Lots of assorted LPS, SPS, and softies.

 

[nickkohrn]

I only have SPS and that isn't on the menu for most.

Oh, I thought that it is common for them to nip. I’ve seen numerous threads about it here. Maybe it depends on feeding and whether it’s wild-caught or captive-bred.

Anyway, I don’t want to hijack this thread; thanks for your input.

 

[JumboShrimp]

Here goes nothing... ...

12” tall, bottom-drilled, converted Frag Tank, 6’ long and 2’ wide. Makes about a 90 gallon FOWLR (not counting sump volume). Rocks are arranged for swimming both front and back. As you can see, I am running a protein skimmer and some BRS carbon and floss chambers from the sump; I just put my DIY algae scrubber back in (and have some sea lettuce coming for the same left-hand sump, to pull double-duty as a refugium). The tank doesn’t seem crowded, as at any given time about 1/2 of the fish are ‘elsewhere’ (i.e., minding their own business in the rock work, out of sight). So far, no fights to report, not even any chasing. Here’s the list:

4 Damsels [Three Stripe; Domino: 2 Yellow Tail Blues]
1 Talbot
3 Aiptasia Eating File Fish
1 Longnose Hawkfish
1 Valentini Puffer
1 Yellow Eyed Kole Tank
1 Bannerfish
1 One-Spot Foxface
1 Pearlscale Butterfly
1 Niger Triggerfish
2 Wrasse [Lunar and Blue Headed]
1 Keyhole Angel
1 Rusty Angel
————————

= 19 (with a Coral Beauty on-tap in QT)... I guess I like to live dangerously!

 

[Kevin Duprey]

OK, here's proof. 18 decent size fish in a RSR525XL.

 

[JoshH]

OK, here's proof. 18 decent size fish in a RSR525XL.

Very beautiful tank!

 

[vetteguy53081]

Once upon a time...…….

 

[Jon Fishman]

I recently dealt with a decent tank crash due to too much rock and coral. Less is more.

How did you come to the conclusion that “too much rock and coral” were to blame?

 

[Maacc]

Charter member of overstock anonymous …..

Cannot possibly know exactly how many fish there are …. over 100 certainly.

I am a charter member as well, I have 5 fish in a 20 IM peninsula, but I do 5-10 gallon WC every week. There's a possum wrasse, swissguard basslet, tailspot blenny, rainsford goby, and neon goby.



Then my 187 has 34 fish with only 2 water changes per year with a good deltec skimmer, fuge and @Floyd R Turbo L4 R4 ATS. I run at 5-10 nitrate and 0.03 phosphate.
Bartlett anthias
4 Dispar anthias
3 Lyretail anthias
Sunburst anthias
Bluespotted watchman goby
3 rainford goby
2 neon goby
2 yellowhead jawfish
Firefish
Foxface
Kole tang
Blue Hippo tang
Orangespot rabbitfish
Bellus angel female
Frostbite clown
Black ocellaris clown
Pintail wrasse
Flame wrasse
Exquiste wrasse
Melanarus wrasse
Yellow wrasse
Moyeri leopard wrasse
Solarensis wrasse
Lineatus wrasse
8 line flasher wrasse
Tanaka possum wrasse
Bluestreak Cleaner wrasse
Copperband butterfly
Quoyi parrotfish

 

[JumboShrimp]

Twenty (20) in the 6-foot 90-gallon... in my post I forgot my small (for now) Coral Hogfish!

 

[CaptainsReef]

Beautiful!

My tank is sooo understocked that it's sad actually! I just fear adding disease to my tank.

Same here. I'm a newbie though. Only 2 fish in my 150g lol. QT is stressful for me, I hate it but no way I would skip it lol.

 

[Patientman]

I "think" under stocked but please let me know what you think:
13 fish in my 240g
1-Ocellaris Clownfish
1-Hawk
1-Yellow Tang
1-Purple Tang
1-Tomini Tang
1-Mystery Wrasse
1-Firefish
1-Green Mandarin
2-Lyretail Anthias
2-Banggai Cardinalfish
1-Flame Angel

Often think about getting a few more ... but what I've got are getting along so well I hate to risk throwing things out of whack!

 

[Kevin Duprey]

Very beautiful tank!

Thanks. I can never seem to capture it well on camera though. I have a really nice SLR and can do all kinds of other photography, but never seem to be able to capture the full tank shots well. I'm mostly compensating for the blue lighting in camera, then a bit more in RAW processing, but I still can't get the colors and vibrancy of the tank I see to show up in a picture. I may need to invest in a lens filter.

 

[o2manyfish]

I have a 400g display tank - Fish Population is over 150+ fish:

Angels Qty 18
Goldflake 2
Bellus 3
Golden 2
Yellow Belly - MisBar Regal 2
Flame 1
Venustus 3
Joculator 2
Flameback 3

Tangs 20
Black 1
Gem 1
Achilles 1
Purple 3
Yellow 9
Chevron 1
Hippo 4 (One with no tail)


Clowns 13
Percula 3
Platinum 3
Midnight 1
Misbar 4
Wyoming 2

Damsels 28
Starki 3
Orange Tail 1
Springeri 8
Kupang 6
Stegassi 2
Electric Blue 8
Surge 1


Misc 77
Copperband Butterfly 1
Borbonius 2
Bangai 4
Spotted Mandain 2
Red Scooter 2
Mandarin 2
Janns Pipe 2
Dragon Faced Pipe 1
BlueStripe Pipe 3
Royal Gramma 5
Black Cap Basslet 2
Lawnmower Blenny 1
Escensius Blenny 1
Tailspot Blenny 4
Bicolor Blenny 1
Red Spotted Aussie Blenny 1
Orange Prawn Goby 1
Pink Stripe Goby 1
Misc Gobies 4
Dispar Anthias 12
Firefish 2
Red Cap Gobies 7
Sailin Blennies 8
Barnacle Blenny 8


Pseudochromis 15
Arabian Pseudochromis (ORA) 3
Flaviritex (ORA) 2
Springeri 3
Indigo Pseudochromis (ORA) 2
Sailfin Molly 2
Frimandi (ORA) 3

Assessors 8
Yellow Assessor 6
MacNeil Assesor 1
Randall Assessor 1

Live webcam on the display tank -- www.o2manyfish.com/webcam


Dave B

 

[JumboShrimp]

Well, Dave B., I guess the name @o2manyfish says it all! You may be the pack leader so far {wink}. I’m waiting until 5 p.m. PST for the lights to come on to enjoy your link. But I’d say at 18 Angels and 20 Tangs ALONE you have some good fish-keeping secrets to share with us...