Overstocked or maxed out?

[bluewatercandy]

OK,
I have an AGA 125 long, MTC HSA250 skimmer, 20g refugium with cheato and a phosban reactor running carbon 24/7. I have about 150# live rock in the tank and sump and a 6" DSB in the display.
I have 25 or so SPS, a few zoos and shrooms and some xenia.
My stocking is as follows:

4" yellow tang
4" purple tang
6"-7" vlamingi tang
3" orange spotted diamond goby
4" pink spotted watchman goby
3"-4" red coris wrasse(just getting adult coloration)
(2) 2" firefish
2" gold striped maroon clown hosting a 4"RBTA

I also have an 8" Squamosa and a 4" crocea clam.

As far as inverts go I have a variety of snails as the clean up crew and a blood red fire shrimp. No crabs.

My params are all well within acceptable levels for the SPS and they are growing well as is.

So, my question is do you think I am overstocked with fish? If so, do you think removing the vlamingi (which I will have to do eventually or upgrade to a larger tank) will balance me out?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

[AquaReeferMan]

This is what Im running in my 125g with the same foot print. Bermuda 3C skimmer, 20g fuge, and 50g sump.

5" hippo tang
4" achilles tang
3" kole tang
5" saddleback clown
3" saddleback clown
3" flame angel
3" leopard wrasse
3" yellow watchman goby
3" starry blenny
3" purple firefish
2" chromisx6
1" neon gobyx2

I have twice the amount of fish as you do. My params are in check as well. If you take out the vlamingi tang you would have a significant lower bio-load. This would free up some space for some more smaller fish. I enjoy a larger number of fish. A lot of traffic going on reminds me more of a reef setting.

[gasman059]

lol
200/sps-tons of live rock etc. etc. etc.

fish list as best as I recall
5 tangs
10 wrasses
2 clowns
8 anthias(dif species)
2 genichantus
2 tile fish
and some other gobies and so forth- don't recall all.

So its possible with good husbandry.

[bluewatercandy]

Thanks guys!
AquaReeferMan, I think you are right... More smaller fish would probably look more natural. I have gotten attached to the vlamingi and am planning a plywood tank somewhere in the 300g range, but that means a bigger skimmer and ca reactor and $$$ in general. I am going back and forth on what to do...

Thanks

[jmccown]

vlamingii's are awesome fish. I have two of them and wouldn't take anything for them. They are a pair. Ton's of personality, but tons of poo as well.

[bluewatercandy]

Originally posted by jmccown
Ton's of personality, but tons of poo as well.

True that! I really enjoy watching him race from one end of the tank to the other and back again. He watches me through the glass and will follow me around and he will eat out of my hand. I really think I will have to go to a larger tank so I can keep him happy!

[AquaReeferMan]

Yeah they are awesome fish. There is a 10" one in our 700g system at work. They do have great personallty, everyday I come in he comes up front and says "Hi".

[Beach Bum 70]

i agree it is all how on top of your tank you are mine is 90 gal 150 rock and i have LPS, SPS mushrroms fish list is
7 green/blue cromes
2 clown
CB
Flame angel
watanabe pair
sailfin tang
7 wrasses
2 bi color Antheas
diamond gobie

[ReefWreak]

Jeeze. I felt bad before about 13 small fish in my 120, but it looks like I've still got room for plenty

2 b/g chromis
1 tiny clown
Coral Beauty
Rusty Angel
Neon Pseudochromis pair
5" Dejardini Sailfin tang
sixline wrasse
christmas wrasse
Randal's Goby
2 disbar/dispar anthias - my favorites

I've got a little bit of headroom, never had any nitrates, but I worry about phosphates because of some snot looking dinoflagellates even though I skim heavily in a 8" diameter 24" skimmer (ER 8-2) and run 150g of phosban in a phosban reactor. I feed about half of a dollar sized piece of nori twice per day, maybe 3-4 dashes of spectrum pellet food, and a cube of PE mysis.