Just curious: If you had a 230g tank, how many fish would you put in it?

[PoonTang]

Christ Parker, your feeding bill must be atrocious!

Mine too...I have 4" of fish in 120G. A Kole tang and a Lawnmower Blennie.

[my2rotties]

You know how many fish I have in mine and they all do well. I have no plans on adding more since everybody gets along and lives happily together. No point in disrupting things. I added my Achilles in early May and he's the last fish in.

[my2rotties]

Naso tang
Achilles tang
Purple tang
Sailfin tang
Sargassium trigger
Banana wrasse
Regal angel
Copperband butterfly
Horrible damsel fish
Five chromis
Maroom clown
Saddleback clown
Dragon goby
Yellow headed goby
3 scooter blennies
Foxface
Lawnmower blenny
Coral beauty angel

[fishytime]

Been waffling on whether or not I should post.....apparently I would have a lot of fish in a 230g....I have too many fish!!!.... I will be the first to admit it....110g display, 150g system total, prolly 180ish pound of LR throughout...Im gonna get flamed hard for this methinks....

5" regal tang
5" yellow tang
3" blond naso tang
4" lineatus wrasse
3 1/2" mystery wrasse
3 1/2" pyramid butterfly
6- 2 1/2" bartletts anthias
2- 2" ocellaris clowns
2 1/2" royal gramma
2" neon dottyback
2- 2" mated mandarins
3" flame angel
1 1/2" talbots damsel
3" candystripe shrimp goby

[Delphinus]

No flames from me but I must say I'm curious what your nitrate sits at?

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

No flames from me but I must say I'm curious what your nitrate sits at?

Less than five.....Im surprised its not higher than that myself.....good skimmer and lots of rock....

[Delphinus]

What do you measure it with? Next time I come over I'd like to bring my NO3 probe and we can try some measurements with it. Reason I say that is I find it's a bit startling how differently my probe reads a nitrate level than what my test kits read out at. For example, I get about 5ppm NO3 readings using both Elos and Salifert .. which suggested to me that maybe my NO3 was around 5ppm, but when I use the probe it tells a much different story (30ppm).

So I'm not disputing your 5ppm, it may well be that, but I'm just curious what readings I'd get on different water.

[my2rotties]

I'm with you Tony on the probe. Keith brought his over and tested my water and it was out of this world!!! I don't even bother with testing the water anymore, it is just frustrating. My fish let me know when they need a water change, but now that the tank is a year old we don;t have any issues at all... touch wood.

Originally Posted by Delphinus

What do you measure it with? Next time I come over I'd like to bring my NO3 probe and we can try some measurements with it. Reason I say that is I find it's a bit startling how differently my probe reads a nitrate level than what my test kits read out at. For example, I get about 5ppm NO3 readings using both Elos and Salifert .. which suggested to me that maybe my NO3 was around 5ppm, but when I use the probe it tells a much different story (30ppm).

So I'm not disputing your 5ppm, it may well be that, but I'm just curious what readings I'd get on different water.

[kien]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

What do you measure it with? Next time I come over I'd like to bring my NO3 probe and we can try some measurements with it. Reason I say that is I find it's a bit startling how differently my probe reads a nitrate level than what my test kits read out at. For example, I get about 5ppm NO3 readings using both Elos and Salifert .. which suggested to me that maybe my NO3 was around 5ppm, but when I use the probe it tells a much different story (30ppm).

So I'm not disputing your 5ppm, it may well be that, but I'm just curious what readings I'd get on different water.

I'd love to use your probe!

I find the test kits I use are useless as I never get a colour reading in them which suggest a low nitrate but I know I have nitrates.

[fishytime]

Im using an API test kit ATM(not the best, I know).... I would really like to see as well....or maybe I dont....I would think that if my nitrates were really high, I would see signs of this in my SPS....anytime you want to come over Tony....really....please