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chris.heseltine
Hello havnt been on here for a while because my tank has been doing really well, just couple weeks ago i lost half my fish for some reason, i got it up and running again and everything been fine last couple weeks,

the fish i got left are 2clowns, yellow tang, 2 blue chromis, and a red firefish i was woundering what would be a great addition to my tank ?

i really like my yellow tang icon_biggrin.gif atm i was looking for something the same sort of fish like bright in colour and that will grow ame sort of size, any surgesstions ?

i know ovo you carnt have same shape icon_razz.gif

chris
fras
how big is your tank?
chris.heseltine
ha sorry, it is 130ltr ....
fras
to be quite honest i would personally say your tank is at its limit. I have over 130l volume and 6 small fish & feel I am maxed out stock wise.

If you lost half your fish and you have 6 left then I would say that it could possibly have been because you were over stocked.
chris.heseltine
thats kool, but i was told 1 fish to every 10litres icon_razz.gif i work tht out at 13 fish icon_razz.gif
fras
that might be the case for freshwater, but for saltwater the general rule of thumb is 1 inch of fish per 5 gallon (inches measured nose to tail).

If you apply that to your tank you could generously say you have 35 US gallon, so you're allowed a total of 7 inches of fish. So that's 7x 1inch fish, or perhaps 3x 2" fish and 1x 1" fish. You get the idea.

The above also does not take into account required swimming room, for example you wouldn't want 1 single 7" fish in a 35 gallon tank.

That's why I would suggest that at 6x fish in a 130L tank you're at your limit, especially if you have a tang. Of course it's entirely up to you.

Fraser.
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