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    Hi guys! I plan on getting a 60 gallon tank and it will be my first saltwater tank ever!!! I read that the rule for saltwater fish is 2 gallons of water per inch of fish (for example: a 3in fish needs 6 gallons) so i picked out my fish using that rule. I would like to know if the fish i chose are compatible and and will fit in the tank (i left extra space just in case)
    these are the fish:
    2 ocellaris clownfish
    1 cleaner shrimp
    1 midas bleeny
    1 bicolor dottyback
    1 powder blue tang
    I looked up all their sizes and and did times 2 (because they need 2 gallons of water per inch of fish) and added them all together it came out to 48 gallons out of 60 but i am still not sure. So could you tell me if these are compatible and if they will all fit? If not any suggestions on other fish?
    Note: i will not be using live coral.
    Thanks for your help!

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    Re: Stocking help

    All are ok with the exception of the Powder Blue Tang. They need much larger systems. They need the swim length back and forth. You have to look at minimum size tank requirements for the inhabitants also.
    Saltwater Aquarium Fish for Marine Reef Aquariums: Powder Blue Tang
    Minimum tank size is 125g, or a 6' long tank. And a max size of 9" is to big also for the tank.

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    Re: Stocking help

    ok....thanks for the help! I hear dottybacks have an aggresion problem sometimes though...do you think it would be best to not add him?

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    Dottybacks are Semi-Agressive. Its going to all depend on the fish. you'll get quite a few answers on that one. Some will say they are fine with no problems, and others will say they are narly dogs.

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    Just add the dottyback last after the other fish have established there territories. It will be much less likely that ge picks on the others when he's the newcomer.

    +1 on the advice about the tang.

    Best of luck...and by the way, I guarantee you'll be into corals in about 8 months.

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    Re: Stocking help

    thanks haha probably but for now i think ill just stick with fake corals


 

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