Charlie97L December 14, 2006 Share December 14, 2006 i'm going to be ordering some lyretails from NYaquatics... i was wondering how many i should get. 90gallon (48x18x24) w/ 33 gallon long sump and 4 gallon fuge deltec ap 600 2 tunze 6000s on a controller (xmas present!!) eheim 1262 CL on a wavy sea planned stocking list yellow tang (already there) kole tang (already there) purple firefish (already there) scooter blenny (already there) lyretail anthias (#?) scott's fairy wrasse (on order) just looking for what would be a good number. thanks guys!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phisigs79 December 14, 2006 Share December 14, 2006 1 male 3 females Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie97L December 14, 2006 Author Share December 14, 2006 1 male 3 females you don't think i could do 5-6? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest seantadez December 14, 2006 Share December 14, 2006 you don't think i could do 5-6? i ask to vendors and they recomend 1 male 2 female, max 3 female... well in my case 120G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason the filter freak December 14, 2006 Share December 14, 2006 you don't think i could do 5-6? Weren't you just saying i was pushing my bioload with 3 damsels in my tank? LOL ask raff hes got a great set up and they look stunning. I belive it's a male and two females Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie97L December 14, 2006 Author Share December 14, 2006 (edited) Weren't you just saying i was pushing my bioload with 3 damsels in my tank? LOL ask raff hes got a great set up and they look stunning. I belive it's a male and two females yeah, he has bimacs! too pricey for me. i'm way overskimming, though, too jason. my skimmer is rated for i think 130 heavily stocked, and normal stocking on a 200... so i can get away with a little more. not MUCH more, but a little, plus deltec underrates their skimmers even in that situation. Edited December 14, 2006 by Charlie97L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason the filter freak December 14, 2006 Share December 14, 2006 (edited) Maybe I should clarify, I'm going to be running an ETSS 600 series skimmer with a mag 7 on a 55 gallon my bb name means something. He is running a good deal on the anthias right now though $12!! Edited December 14, 2006 by jason the filter freak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadgets December 14, 2006 Share December 14, 2006 I currently have 1 male and 3 females in my 75. If I were you I would do the same. 5-6 is a bit much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamal December 15, 2006 Share December 15, 2006 how do you guys handle multiple feedings with the anthias. i would love to get some at the request of my boss and if she aint happy well you know.. so i have a 125gal and my list is what i have. yellow tang coral beauty angel and two yellowtail damsels. what i plan to add. a mandarin dragonet a clownfish and a bluethroat or a powderblue tang. though i am reluctant because the yellow tang will have several months on the powder blue. anyway how often do you guys feed these fish. i hear four or five times a days is what you want. but if you arent retired this is impossible. recommendations and i guess i would be getting 1 male and 3 females as well also a melanarus wrasse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie97L December 18, 2006 Author Share December 18, 2006 Maybe I should clarify, I'm going to be running an ETSS 600 series skimmer with a mag 7 on a 55 gallon my bb name means something. He is running a good deal on the anthias right now though $12!! yes, but are you running that YET? once you've got that up, yeah man, stock away, but it's not there, til it's there, if you know what i mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDBDRZ December 18, 2006 Share December 18, 2006 i'm way overskimming, though, too jason. my skimmer is rated for i think 130 heavily stocked, and normal stocking on a 200... so i can get away with a little more. not MUCH more, but a little, plus deltec underrates their skimmers even in that situation. Skimming has very little to do with appropriate stocking levels, sure you skim more crap out of the tank but the first considerations in stocking levels should be the potetial size of the fish, swim room required, territorial issues, etc, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie97L December 18, 2006 Author Share December 18, 2006 Skimming has very little to do with appropriate stocking levels, sure you skim more crap out of the tank but the first considerations in stocking levels should be the potetial size of the fish, swim room required, territorial issues, etc, etc. i agree with you partially. obviously size, swim room, and territoriality ARE the first consideration. i wouldn't consider it ok to put 5 tangs in a 90, for instance, regardless of a skimmer. we're talking, really, about schooling fish here, specficially, and especially with anthias/chromis, overskimming helps keep your parameters stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copps December 18, 2006 Share December 18, 2006 Hey Charlie, Blue Ribbon should be getting in a bunch of female lyretails this week and if you get there early you could get first pic. The two limiting factors are bioload and space... and they are independant of one another... It's very hard to tell people what their system could handle bioload wise because there are so many factors that go into that. Space wise is much easier... Speaking from experience with lyretails you have the space for the five or six you'd like, assuming you have adequate refuge to break up the territories a little bit. Jamal, Lyretails and many common hardy anthias do fine on two feedings a day, but at one they could ware thin... I feed mine when I get home from work around 6 or 7 and before I hit the sack around 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDBDRZ December 19, 2006 Share December 19, 2006 (edited) I guess I am just an old timer when it comes to these topics because I think most people overstock their tanks. I have a 180 with less fish than your 90 will have. I have a purple tang and a kole tang and I know I would not put those 2 fish in a 90g together. Bioload is important but with proper stocking levels overskimming wouldnt really be necessary. To each his own I guess. Edited December 19, 2006 by SDBDRZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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