Bio load

[whit4fish]

Is my bio load too large for my tank?

[shifty51008]

helps to know more about your tank and what you all have for equipment and live stock :D

[bnumair]

required info is messing so cant really answer.

[Torx]

I say Yes...

What did I win???

It would really help if you posted what fish and how many, what CUC you have, skimmer, tank size, sump size, total water volume...then maybe someone can let you know if the bioload is too big.

[ReeferBill]

Plus 1 TORX!

[snorvich]

The odds that Torx and ReeferBill are right are at least 50/50.

[whit4fish]

Yeah, I thought it would show up on the post. I entered it all in on My RC.

But here goes, keep in mind I am not the original owner of this tank.

Yellow tang, lavendar tang, scribbled rabbitfish, gold band maroon clown, coral beauty, pink dot lawnmower blenny, bicolor blenny, scooter blenny, engineer goby, pajama cardinal, azure damsel.
Cuc: 2 huge turbo snails, 3 emerald crabs, 3 hermits, long spine urchin, 2 pyramid looking snails (forget their name)

90 G display, LR, LS, 20 G refugium, 30 G sump, skimmer - can't remember the name, but it runs off a sedra 5000, and it's an A-3 model??

[snorvich]

Actually, there are more problems with that fish load than simply bioload, which indeed is pretty high. Multiple algae eaters in that sized tank will eventually cause problems.

[ReeferBill]

Plus 1 on señor inch! Sorry about the spelling Snorvich. I think your tan fish full as far as fish,. What about adding some corals and beefing up your clean up crew...

[whit4fish]

Thanks guy. So I guess the algae problem I have isn't so much of a problem, now if only they'd start eating it. My urchin and snails make the biggest dent.
I forgot to mention a nice collection of zoas, frogspawn, hammer, trumpet, and some other assorted sps(?).
What would you suggest to add I my CUC? Not a big fan of hermits so anything else I'm game for.

[ReeferBill]

My favorite are Mexican turbos , chestnut snails and trochus snails. I always loose my Astraea turbos because they get tuned over.. O yeah maybe a colorful brittle star.

[Torx]

Snails snails and more snails. Mexican turbos are tanks, regular turbos are great, but probably 10 for your tank, grab up a bunch of nass as well. You have a lot to add to keep your tank clean.

Yes, your fish load/bio load will be huge on that tank. I would have to look up your skimmer info.

[whit4fish]

I will definitely grab more snails.

Found the skimmer info. I'm 99% positive it's an ASM G-3, rated for a 250 G. I bought it used from my LfS for $75 and did a major overhaul on it.

[Torx]

I will definitely grab more snails.

Found the skimmer info. I'm 99% positive it's an ASM G-3, rated for a 250 G. I bought it used from my LfS for $75 and did a major overhaul on it.

Probably a good call to get one rated so high. That rating is based on a low bio load low stocked tank. The more fish you have, the quicker that rating drops. IF you have the right skimmer, then you should be good with this 250 rating that you have as it is probably rated at 125-150 at heavy bioload...of which you definitely have.