Aquarium overstocking

edikpok · #1 05-30-2009, 05:43 PM

Right now I have a 6line wrasse, clownfish and a royal gramma residing in my 29 cube. I was thinking to add of the following to it:

3 chromis OR 1 chromis with 1 firefish.

Will either option be too much of an overstocking?? which one would be a better fit in terms of compatibility?

Zoaelite · #2 05-30-2009, 05:59 PM

I have a feeling that a few people will agree with me when I say stay away from the chromis. They are fun fish in a larger tank but in a 29 cube they tend to be pretty nasty, plus they get fairly large. How about 3 fire fish, they are amazing in groups (although a little timid off the bat) and are much less territorial. Throw a large snail shell in there and there set.
Levi

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Originally Posted by edikpok

Right now I have a 6line wrasse, clownfish and a royal gramma residing in my 29 cube. I was thinking to add of the following to it:

3 chromis OR 1 chromis with 1 firefish.

Will either option be too much of an overstocking?? which one would be a better fit in terms of compatibility?

Leah · #3 05-30-2009, 06:34 PM

I think you may have a problem adding anything new at this point.
I think the wrasse could tend to be nasty and may chase whatever you add~
this was what I found with wrasse's, good-luck!

TheRealBigAL · #4 05-30-2009, 06:38 PM

I would not put more than 1 fire fish in a tank that small. Unless you luck out and get a male and female. But most likely they will fight with each other in a tank that small. If you keep more than one, and they do not pair up, the dominant fish will harass and injure the subordinate fish.

IMO I would just try adding one fire fish and see how things go.

edikpok · #5 05-30-2009, 06:41 PM

okie - and how about the chromis?

Levi - how big do they get? I tought they were spposed to be very peaceful fish....

as for the wrasse - so far this one in particular hasnt been that aggressive and he was the last one added to the tank abuot 2 months ago...

TheRealBigAL · #6 05-30-2009, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Leah

I think you may have a problem adding anything new at this point.
I think the wrasse could tend to be nasty and may chase whatever you add~
this was what I found with wrasse's, good-luck!

+1 wrasses are bullies. especially in a tank that small.

Leah · #7 05-30-2009, 06:47 PM

Chromis peaceful, not so much with each other ,I think with the fish you already have
you may be out of luck. May get away with another clown (Maybe)

justinl · #8 05-30-2009, 06:51 PM

i would do the 1 firefish and 1 chromis, in that order. firefish are not aggressive to others but usually harass each other unless you get a species that is known to school (i think scissor-tails do); mind you, in a tank that small, I don't know if schooling would work. Most people that buy groups of chromis eventually end up with 1 survivor in the end.

edit: +1 with the others. sixlines can be aggressive, royal grammas even more so. you might just be SOL.

Aleks · #9 05-30-2009, 07:04 PM

I have to disagree with chromi's being "peaceful".......They are semi-aggressive. I have a little bicolor in my nano, and he picks on everything.....even me if I'm staring at the glass.....I'll probably end up trading him in.....

edikpok · #10 05-30-2009, 07:14 PM

Leah - I would have loved to put in another clown instead of the chromi but I am not quite sure how. Wouln\t the clown that I currently have kill him?