Overcrowding?

[saltyguy51]

I am interested in finding out how many fish you have in a 150 gallon 6' long tank, not a reef or mixed reef but a fish only tank that has lots of room for fish to swim not hundreds of pounds of rocks. I seem to take a beating by the reefers about how many fish I have in my tank, but they do fine and have over the last year and I am finding out that alot of what people say one here is opinion and not always fact. So tell me how many fish and what size are they. I have ten fish and one eel in my tank.

[WuHT]

I also have 10 fish.

However, they include an azure damsel, 2 occellaris clowns, a purple firefish, and a royal gramma. Combined, I think their bioload is less than my one asfur.

[baldomero]

wow i have 4soldierfish,2blueheadwrasses,1blacktrigger,1filefish,1harlequinbass,3wrasses i caught in the ocean dont know what kind though,3damsels,1 seargeant,1yellowheadwrasse,1spanishhog,and1porkfish.i think my 150 is a little overstocked but besides a little nitrite here and there my tank is doing just fine

[baldomero]

oops sorry not nitrite i meant to say nitrate

[saltyguy51]

I have always had 0-10 nitrates and doesnt seem to rise because I have around 75 lbs of lava rock which soaks up nitrates but for how long I dont know. I change out 25 gallons a week and feed once a day pretty heavily though. All of my tank vitals are always the same. I will be moving into a 10' long 375 gallon soon as i am buffing out some scratches.

[saltyguy51]

That must be a thrill to catch your own fish right out of the ocean!!

[baldomero]

yeah but its not as easy as it looks but its fun and wow 375 i got a friend selling me a 375 and cheap but i just set up my 150 5 months ago and if i get a bigger tank my wife would kill me

[saltyguy51]

My wife doesnt say much of anything about my fish hobby as long as I pay the bills first