Bioloads

[pamelahaley]

I'm just wondering where most of you are. Do you follow/break the rules or use equipment to bypass them?

Tank size?
24 gal cube

Additional equipment
none

Live Rock?
About 24 lbs (given and taken a lot over time)

How many fish in your tank?
1 diamond watchman
1 PJ Cardinal
1 Royal Gramma
(want to add 1 or 2)

How many corals?
Maybe an easier question four you. I need to take inventory.

Feel free to add on.

 

[jef4y]

my understanding is that corals do not have a significant impact on bioload. I could very well be wrong though.

Personally I am way understocked IMHO.

I have a 60 cube with ~20 gallon sump
2 clowns
1 lawnmower blenny
1 green mandarin
2 RBTA
1 Flower anemone
assorted critters
assorted LPS/SPS/Softies

 

[hud3339]

58 RR with 26g sump, 1 yellow tang, 2 oc clowns, 1 cleaner wrasse, 2 dominio damsels, and 32 corals. Im also running a skimmer

 

[crewdawg1981]

Uh... I'll prolly be on the high side:

180 with 135 sump

1 Hippo Tang
1 Kole Tang
1 Melanaurus Wrasse
1 Flame Angel
1 Midas Blenny
1 Lawnmower Blenny
2 Blackice Clowns
5 Dispar Anthias

But... I'll be adding mas! Mwahahaha

 

[enderg60]

High and getting higher...

300g tank, 480g system

400-450lbs live rock

Tangs : Regal, Powder blue, blond naso, yellow, sailfin, clown
Anthias : 3x lyretail, 1x square back, 3x disbar, 3x bartlets
5x onyx clowns
12x chromis
2x engineer goby
1x mandarin
1x flasher wrass
1x Melanaurus wrasse
1x xmas wrass

probably forgetting some....Will easily be doubling that fish count by the time Im done.

 

[crewdawg1981]

hahaha... watch out... put on your helmet.

 

[jeffmuse]

I am prob. On the low side. 65 gallon mixed reef

2 Clowns
1 Yellow Tang
4 Peppermint shrimp
2 Bubble tip anemones

Corals have virtually no impact on bio-loads with the exception being those corals that require feeding such as nems and suncorals

 

[dewkey]

I have a 110 with a 55 gallon sump running right now with 2 niger triggers pair of small clownfish a regal and juv. harlequin tusk. Also cleaner and peppermint shrimp and whats left of the cuc. Everything will get transferred to my larger system when it is complete with possible exception of the clowns as they are not growing as fast as the others and i am not sure I will have the lighting to support an anemone for them to hide in.

 

[thanh386]

I have a fish market in my tank.
Trio of square box
Trio of flame wrasse
Blotchy anthias
Barlett Anthias
1 chromis( I call him the highlander, in the end there can only be one)
Purple tang
Tomini tang
Small regal
Lawnmower blenny
Sand shifting goby
And maybe a pound of shrimp

 

[enderg60]

what people count shrimp? I subtract when I add shrimp because they catch uneaten food!

Ha you should have seen my 58g!
80lbs of rock
Tangs : Regal, clown, yellow, purple, sailfin
pair of lyretails
6line
13" engineer goby
mandarin
clown pair
lawnmower
and some others...i remember there were 16 fish in there when I took it down.

 

[blind1993]

29g biocube
150w metal halide
aqua c remora pro skimmer
40lbs live rock
have 1 large clarki
a good bit of corals
Planning on getting:
another clarki
a yellow watchman goby
a shrimp of some kind
3 chromis
maybe a dwarf angel
and a good bit of corals.

 

[pamelahaley]

Very cool to see all you have. Everyone has a preference though I feel the "understocked" fish tanks are still in progress

So, contemplating adding to what I already have, another pj cardinal, some type of pygmy angel (coral beauty, flame, cherub) or even :yes: CLOWNs...

I got off the clown boat because I felt they were messy and invasive plus, mine couldn't live without a nem ... the nems grew too big too quickly. BUUUTTT... They are just so cool! Perhalps when I have the fundage, a mini maxi would be nice but, supposedly consume their host on occasion. BTAs are nice but I had poor luck.

I'm trying to keep my tank small but, I'm pretty much out of room :doh:

Maybe I just need a bigger tank... No. Refuse. REsist. Fail.

 

[blind1993]

clowns wont host a maxi mini

 

[pamelahaley]

what will? sexy shrimp?

 

[dawgface]

Pamelahaley;661211 wrote: what will? sexy shrimp?

That and anemone crabs

Edit: For my Bioload

190 DT and 90 sump/refug

Regal Tang
Sailfin Tang
Yellow Tang
2 clownds
Diamond goby
Melaranus Wrasse
Yellow Corris Wrasse
Radiant Wrasse
Mystery Wrasse
3 anemone crabs
2 cleaner shrimp
Fire shrimp
20 or so peppermints (Refug)

 

[grayskwerel]

90 gal DT with 20 gal sump with skimmer.
1 emperor angel
4 yellow tail damsels
2 convict damsels
2 turbo snails
15-20 blue leg hermit crabs
1 red leg hermit crab
1 cleaner shrimp


In QT right now are purple tang and coral beauty
Coming soon are gsm clown and diamond goby.

 

[pamelahaley]

Uh oh... I added a fire fish and re-arranged some rocks during acclimation. The point is, I now have 2 more coral shelves than I did previously.

 

[wannaplayatlanta]

I have a 180 with 65 gallons of sump. I have a huge skimmer and uv and calcium reactor and gfo media reactor and carbon media reactor.

I have 25 colonies of large to medium sps. I have 75 plus heads of Lps
I have 15ish chalices. And lots of softies and the bottom of the tank.
I also have 6 clams of which one is 14 inches.
A total of 200 plus corals in my display tank.

350 + pounds of live rock

1200 watts of halide 20k and 800 vho actinic and leds

I have
180 gallon fish list

Regal tang ( blue hippo)
Magnificent fox face rabbit fish
Yellow tang
Red sea sail fin tang
Niger trigger
Potters angel
Flame angel
Flame hawk
Mystery wrasse
Yellow coris wrasse
Green chromi
Tribal blenny
Three female lyre tail anthias
Male lyre tail anthias
Clarki clown
Ocelarrris clown*
Black and white damsel
Two pajama cardinals
Pistol shrimp
Horse shoe crab
Sand cucumber
Filter cucumber
Sea apple
Red serpent star
Sand star
Two brittle star
Brown serpent star
Porcelan crab
Three emerald crabs
Coco worm
Two feather dusters
Red linkia star
Long tennacle anemone
small white anemone
Three garden eels

And just added a purple tang

Hopefully a pineapple fish soon

So I'm loaded up but all seems to be fine with my 40 gallons every two weeks and 6 gallons a day top off and 15 gallons on my off week of water changes. Ao I change 55 gallons worth in a two week period

 

[gmpolan]

150 display, 55 gallon sump and 25 gallon frag - Guess Med to Heavy side

1 Morish Idol
1 Purple Tang
1 Naso Tang
1 Yellow Tang
1 Pink Bar Goby
2 Lyretail Anthias
1 Flame Wrasse
1 Christmas Wrasse
2 Onyx Clowns
Horseshoe crab
Large Starfish

Maybe - yasha, havent seen him in months so who knows

Rock Est 200 lbs, water changes are 35 gallons every ten to twelve days

 

[grayskwerel]

90 gal DT with 20 gal sump with skimmer.
1 emperor angel
4 yellow tail damsels
2 convict damsels
2 turbo snails
15-20 blue leg hermit crabs
1 cleaner shrimp
1 purple tang
1 coral beauty
2 false percs
1 gsm clown
1 red serpent sea star
1 brown serpent sea star

Coming soon are diamond goby and tiger shrimp