how my bioload

hernluis · 05/11/2007, 08:00 AM

hows my bioload, 55 aga, 110lb liverock, 50lb live sand various snails, and hermits. one star fish, one tigertail, four green chromis, one clown, one yellowtail damsel, one lawnmower blenny. plenty of flow with 65 css and fuge underneath tank
thanks

thatguy · 05/11/2007, 08:22 AM

Looks fine to me, but who am I? <- I'm thatguy and thatguy knows everything.

OK....anyway. That looks perfectly acceptable.

Just my opinion, do with it as you will.

RichConley · 05/11/2007, 09:02 AM

110 pounds of liverock in a 55?

I think I have 35 in my 58. That thing has got to look like a wall.

frenchie · 05/11/2007, 10:57 AM

they say anywhere from 1 to 2 lbs. per gallon on live rock.

plandy · 05/11/2007, 11:16 AM

You're on the light side. However "load" is a relative term directly dependent on experience, skill and equipment.

RichConley · 05/11/2007, 11:20 AM

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Originally posted by d.french
they say anywhere from 1 to 2 lbs. per gallon on live rock.

I haven't reccomended that in years. Its absolutely impossible to get good flow in a tank with that much rock. Too many dead spots. Check out the SPS forum... that tends to be the people who really know what theyre doing, and they seem to be using less and less rock.

IMO, once you go above a certain point, adding more rock just decreases your filtration capacity.

skeeter-doc · 05/11/2007, 11:26 AM

I say your bioload sounds ok, just dont add anything else, ...

RichConley · 05/11/2007, 11:38 AM

Skeeter, I think hes on the light side, personally. I've got a 58, and all my fish are comparable or bigger than his.

Quote:

four green chromis, one clown, one yellowtail damsel, one lawnmower blenny.

I have
1. Starry Blenny (similar to lawnmower)
2. 2 clowns (takes care of yellow tail damsel and his one clown)
3. Royal Gramma
4. Falco Hawk
5. Melanurus wrasse (5")
6. Ornatus wrasse (4")
7. Purple Tang (4")

I think I have more fish, but I havent been home in a couple days (work, etc), and I can't remember what they are. I keep mostly SPS.

If you want more fish, I'd up the flow, get a bigger skimmer, and take out some rock.

useskaforevil · 05/11/2007, 11:56 AM

im pretty convinced that over crowding will occur before you'll hit your bioload. the fish will be unhappy before you get chemical problems.

gman0526 · 05/11/2007, 02:31 PM

So that's about 10 gallons of water in that tank?

New_Noob · 05/11/2007, 02:51 PM

in my 55 reef i got

2 perc clowns
4 pajama cardinals
1 yellow tang
1 lawnmower
1 snowflake eel
1 Tasmanian blue damsel

like mentioned above, overcrowding is a much more bigger problem, with proper filtration it is in reality very easy to keep my trates, trites, and ammon down. I got an ASM g2 on my 55g and a 15g fuge and thats it as far as filtration goes, other then LR, and 100lbs is plenty of biological filtration for you. My tank has been up and running for about 4 yrs now, softies, LPS and SPS.

You fish lists A'ok IMO

daytonians · 05/11/2007, 03:55 PM

Load sound ok, but that's not much of a skimmer. Be extremely careful not to over feed.

Aimforever · 05/11/2007, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by RichConley

I think I have more fish, but I havent been home in a couple days (work, etc), and I can't remember what they are. I keep mostly SPS.

hernluis · 05/12/2007, 01:52 AM

my skimmer is not too great, but i plan to build a deltec clone, sometime soon, i'll try to put up some pics of my tank.

frenchie · 05/12/2007, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by RichConley
I haven't reccomended that in years. Its absolutely impossible to get good flow in a tank with that much rock. Too many dead spots. Check out the SPS forum... that tends to be the people who really know what theyre doing, and they seem to be using less and less rock.

IMO, once you go above a certain point, adding more rock just decreases your filtration capacity.

didn't realize sps keepers are the only one who know what there doing but some others might only keep softies and lps, i have 160 lbs. in my 125 and it still could use some more but proper planning on aquascaping and proper cleaning crew never had issues with dead spots.

05/11/2007, 08:00 AM	#1
hernluis Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Idaho Posts: 177	how my bioload hows my bioload, 55 aga, 110lb liverock, 50lb live sand various snails, and hermits. one star fish, one tigertail, four green chromis, one clown, one yellowtail damsel, one lawnmower blenny. plenty of flow with 65 css and fuge underneath tank thanks

05/11/2007, 08:22 AM	#2
thatguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CO Posts: 513	Looks fine to me, but who am I? <- I'm thatguy and thatguy knows everything. OK....anyway. That looks perfectly acceptable. Just my opinion, do with it as you will. __________________ #something witty Current Tank Info: in my memories

05/11/2007, 09:02 AM	#3
RichConley Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bostonian in Chicago going to DC Posts: 9,908	110 pounds of liverock in a 55? I think I have 35 in my 58. That thing has got to look like a wall. __________________ NO TANKS!!!

05/11/2007, 10:57 AM	#4
frenchie Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,730	they say anywhere from 1 to 2 lbs. per gallon on live rock. __________________ Darrick slash member 24 gallon nano cube, LED lights, zoanthids, shrooms Current Tank Info: 93 gallon cube, ecotech LED, swc 160 cone skimmer, lots of softies

05/11/2007, 11:16 AM	#5
plandy Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Schenectady, NY Posts: 411	You're on the light side. However "load" is a relative term directly dependent on experience, skill and equipment. __________________ Peter Landy Schenectady, NY Recent Returnee to the Marines! 12gl Aquapod New "custom euro" 90 gallon under construction!

05/11/2007, 11:26 AM	#7
skeeter-doc Moved On Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: TX Posts: 1,643	I say your bioload sounds ok, just dont add anything else, ...

05/11/2007, 11:56 AM	#9
useskaforevil Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: kent, ohio Posts: 1,012	im pretty convinced that over crowding will occur before you'll hit your bioload. the fish will be unhappy before you get chemical problems. __________________ "and the delicate mechanism stripped its gears" Current Tank Info: 80gallon bowfront

05/11/2007, 02:31 PM	#10
gman0526 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 1,278	So that's about 10 gallons of water in that tank? __________________ "If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts." A.E. Current Tank Info: 75 G BB tank

05/11/2007, 02:51 PM	#11
New_Noob Moved On Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Milwaukee WI Posts: 1,190	in my 55 reef i got 2 perc clowns 4 pajama cardinals 1 yellow tang 1 lawnmower 1 snowflake eel 1 Tasmanian blue damsel like mentioned above, overcrowding is a much more bigger problem, with proper filtration it is in reality very easy to keep my trates, trites, and ammon down. I got an ASM g2 on my 55g and a 15g fuge and thats it as far as filtration goes, other then LR, and 100lbs is plenty of biological filtration for you. My tank has been up and running for about 4 yrs now, softies, LPS and SPS. You fish lists A'ok IMO

05/11/2007, 03:55 PM	#12
daytonians Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 394	Load sound ok, but that's not much of a skimmer. Be extremely careful not to over feed. __________________ Thanks, Matt I'ld rather be in Daytona! Avatar: Photo taken with model Asia Williams posing on my car. Current Tank Info: 45 Gallon, LR, power head, custom hood with 140 watts PC light & 175 MH, basement has 29 g. fuge with 6" sand & caluerpa, 20 g. cryptic fuge with 4 inch sand bed & LR, carbon & Phos remover, 55 gallon sump.

05/12/2007, 01:52 AM	#14
hernluis Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Idaho Posts: 177	my skimmer is not too great, but i plan to build a deltec clone, sometime soon, i'll try to put up some pics of my tank.