What's Your Bioload
 

I'm just interested to know what everyone has in their tank, and perhaps any opinions/observations on what might be appropriate/inappropriate as far as bioload is concerned? I'll start:

Aquarium Size: 55G (36"x18"x21") + 15G sump
Live Rock: Approximately 50lbs Indo
Fish: Regal Tang (I know, I know...she's going to a better home as soon as I can catch the sneaky little bugger), Cinnamon Clownfish, Rusty Angelfish, 2 Green Chromis, Six-Line Wrasse, Ruby Head Fairy Wrasse.
Inverts/others: 2 hermit crabs, 1 astrea snail, Coral Banded Shrimp (not "bandit"...hah...sorry, pet peeve), Hawaiian Featherduster, Sea Hare, Gigantea Anemone

I am not interested in the amount of corals people have, but their fish/invert bioload.

Aquarium Size: 90G (48"x24"x18") + 33G Sump
Live Rock: Approximately 75lbs
4 Ocellaris, 2 Spotted Cardinals, 1 Regal Tang, 1 Yellowtail Damsel, 1 Red Fire Fish, 1 Goby, 2 Cleaner Shrimps, About 20 Snails, and About 20 Hermit Crabs.

I like keeping small fish and providing lots of swimming room. So maybe at most I would add another 10 fish to my system.

In my 60g cube I have a yellow clown goby, a falco (dwarf) hawkfish and a mandarin.
In my 65g (48" x 18" x 18" ) I have a yellow tang, 2 clarkii clowns and 1 chromis
In my 175g I have the achilles, a foxface, regal angel, copperband, 7 chromis, 3 glass cardinals, 2 mandarins, 2 orchid dottybacks, 1 cleaner shrimp, some peppermint shrimp, emerald crabs and an abalone

I would rate mine at high, or approaching extra high!

180g temp/grow out system (total volume is ~200g)
naso tang
doctor tang
scopas tang
purple tang
vlamingi tang
red sea sailfin tang
yellow damsel
red sea raccoon butterfly
2x chromis
2x yellowhead jawfish
mandarin
starfish
various inverts...

I have two aquariums connected to a common sump. I would say high bio-load.

Upper Display: 120 gallons
Lower Display: 50 gallons
Sump Volume: 40 gallons
Total: 210 gallons (although I would actually estimate the total net volume closer to 180 gallons)

Live Rock: 140lbs, mostly started as base rock.

Fish: Regal Tang, Yellow Tang, Potters Angel, LemonPeal Angel, 2 Percs, 2 Firefish, Flame Hawk, Geometric Hawk, Chalk Basslet,Clown Goby, Banjii Cardinal, Spotted Mandarin, Scooter Blenny, Peppermint Hog, Sunburst Anthias, Unknown Anthias, Frogfish, Fu-Man-Chu Lionfish, 2 Seahorses, Ribbon Eel, and an Engineer Goby.

Inverts: Cleaner Shrimp, Peppermint Shrimp, sexy shrimp, starfish, various hermits and snails.

65 gallon w/25 gallon sump
100lb rock

1 yellow tang
1 flame angel
3 square spot anthias
2 royal pencil wrasse
1 yellow wrasse
1 purple wrasse
1 green wrasse
2 green chromis
2 firefish
1 cleaner shrimp
1 peppermint shrimp


60 gallon w/33 gallon sump
120LB LR

1 purple tang
3 green chromis
1 green spot mandarin
1 clown
1 six line wrasse


Both of my tanks are also fully stocked with corals. IMO lots of LR is the key.

~150g with 50g sump
200+ lbs live rock

3 Picasso Clownfish
1 Powder Blue Tang
1 Naso Tang
1 Red Sea Sailfin Tang
2 Spotted Mandarins
1 Yellow Wrasse
1 Leopard Wrasse
1 Midas Blenny
1 African Flameback Angel
1 Trimma Goby


~120g with 50g sump
150lbs live rock

1 Golden Dwarf Moray Eel
1 Spotted Hawkfish
1 Copperband butterfly
2 Gold Stripe Maroon Clowns
1 Coris Wrasse
soon to add 1 Rabbitfish that's in QT

~65g with 18g sump
90 lbs live rock

2 False Percula Clowns
1 2 bar Rabbitfish
1 Kole Tang
1 Leopard Wrasse

~34g RSM
40lbs live rock

1 Blue Spot Jawfish
1 Curious Wormfish
soon to add pair of Sunrise or Naked Clowns

all have corals and or anemones in them.....and are all high bioload, but have good skimmers on them, plenty of LR etc

Aquarium Size: 20g tall
Live Rock: 20LBs fiji
Fish: tomato clown, watchmens goby
Inverts/others: 1 emerald crab, 8 left handed hermits, 4 snails

ok but no flames :razz:

Aquarium Size: 90G (48"x18"x24") + 17G sump (water volume)
Live Rock: Approximately 80-90 lbs Fiji etc
Fish: Regal Tang, Tailspot Wrasse, Bangaii Cardinal, Powder Blue Tang, Lined Blenny, 2x Vanderbilts Chromis, Scopas Tang, Royal Gramma, Neon Goby
Inverts: 2 Crocea clams, 2 Maxima clams, 1 squamosa clam, tuxedo urchin, various snails, abalone

Some days I'd say I was heavily stocked, other days I'd say moderate. Today I need 3 more vanderbilts chromis :razz:

Like Steve I have 3 tanks (total water 270 gal) plumbed to a common sump with a reasonably high load at 40+:
regal tang,
chevron tang,
naso tang,
yellow tang,
sailfin tang,
coral beauty,
flame angels x2,
potters angel,
damsels x3,
chromis x3,
pipe fish,
banggai cardinals x2,
fairy wrasses x3,
foxface,
rabbit,
hawk,
niger trigger,
scooter blenny,
bi-colour blenny,
marine beta,
dottybacks x2,
royal grama,
firefish,
clown goby,
watchman gobies x4,
percula,
black/white ocileris x2,
false percs x2,
black cucumber & various inverts.
That's all I can think of right off.