How many fish in small marine aquarium - 96 UK litres.

[Gary]

Hello,

How many inches of marine fish can a tank which holds 96 UK litres house? I
will have a fair amount of living rock in the tank to take into account.

I have read that when adding living rock, you should restrict marine fish to
1 inch per 5 gallons of water, which is for a 96 litre tank, only 4.22 inch
of fish!!! :(

Does not seem like a lot! I wanted to stock 2 clown fish, a lion fish and a
Regal Tang :(

Something tells me the lion and tang are going to have to come off the list,
even though the pet shop owner suggests all would be fun!
Im guessing this exceeds the above rule many times over.

Anyone want to raise my spirits and tell me its OK to house the above fish
in my new aquarium? The local fish shop said its got plenty of space for
those four fish.

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Regards,

Gary.

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[Dan Norgard]

Like Big Orange suggested...go through the forums. To have a successful
tank you need to do a lot of research and when you've done a lot, research
some more. Try this:
http://www.melevsreef.com/
You will find a lot of info there.
"Nothing good happens quickly in a Salt tank"
Dan

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80g Reef tank, 1 1/2 yr old
30g Sump/Refugium w/PS
250w MH, 4-32w T-8s (quit laughing)
65lb LR, 60lb LS
100 Nassarius, 5 Astreas
1 Serpent Star
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2 Hawaiian Dusters
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2 False Percs
1 Rose BTA
1 Peppermint Shrimp




"Gary" > wrote in message
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Hello,

How many inches of marine fish can a tank which holds 96 UK litres house? I
will have a fair amount of living rock in the tank to take into account.

I have read that when adding living rock, you should restrict marine fish to
1 inch per 5 gallons of water, which is for a 96 litre tank, only 4.22 inch
of fish!!! :(

Does not seem like a lot! I wanted to stock 2 clown fish, a lion fish and a
Regal Tang :(

Something tells me the lion and tang are going to have to come off the list,
even though the pet shop owner suggests all would be fun!
Im guessing this exceeds the above rule many times over.

Anyone want to raise my spirits and tell me its OK to house the above fish
in my new aquarium? The local fish shop said its got plenty of space for
those four fish.

--
Regards,

Gary.

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Visit Tigger's site and read his story.
Browse photos of all our cats - Tigger, Tootsie and Tango.
http://www.cutecats.co.uk
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