haywood;715970; said:Thanks for the help, I picked up the tank yesterday and it is actually a 46 gallon bowfrontI just filled the tank to let it sit overnight to see if it leaks. It didnt clean up completely but enough for me to use it. If I got the mooray at say 8" and the thickness of a pencil, would the other fish grow at a steady enough pace to where he probably wouldnt eat them? I want damsels to start, then I want the snowflake, 1 anthia, 1 fire clownfish, and a bicolor angel. And maybe even a fuzzy dwarf lionfish. What do you guys thing?
That is a ton of fish for a 46 gallong tank, let alone for your first ever sw set up. A general rule of thumb for salt water fish is to allow 5 gallons of water for every 1 inch of a fish. There for, say your dwarf lion grows to be 5 inches, allow 25 gallons of water for him your clown grows to be 2 inches allow 10 gallons of water for it and so on and so forth. Of course there are exceptions to every rule, but that is a good way to make sure you don't overstock your tank.
