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    Posted: March 02 2012 at 11:23am
Hi All...

So I have my new tank up and running, everything from a 1 yr old smaller set up was transfered and now I am in a 57 gallon rimless with a 30 breeder sump and a big cheato chamber over most of the sand from the last tank (maybe 3-4 inches deep) and running a Bubble Magus skimmer with a Eheim pump at about 650 gph on the return as well as two koralias in the tank.

My question is on bioload with this much nicer set up than my biocube of old.  I currently have the following and feel like I am good and should wait for stuff to grow but curious if people think I am all ready overstocked (I doubt it?) or if I have a little overhead available still..

1 yellow tang 3 inches max currently-
pair of lyre tail anthias 2+ inch male female is probably 1.5 inches
oscelaris clown 1.5 inches
shrimp goby (forget his name, but small... and stays that way)
bi-color pseudochromis

pistol shrimp
2x peppermint shrimp
emerald crab
15+ hermits
20+ snails mixed type

a very large variety of corals.

I feed at least 2x/day with the anthias and everyone eats like PIGS.  I have ZERO algae in the tank but for on the glass every couple days.  The few macros I do have in the tank are being decimated by the tang... 

the skimmer runs 24/7 but has pretty minimal output compared to what I think others see, I can easily go an entire week and the cup is never more than 1/2 full and its more of a green skimmate probably from my cleaning the glass, its stinky though... so I try to clean it out 2x/week just in case it goes crazy and overtops the cup and goes back into the tank.

I have not tested nitrogen in probably 4 months.  I know that if it creeps up I will see it in Biomass, without a test.  So since things are cruising along nicely, I am kinda thinking about leaving well enough alone.

I do a small (relative to volume) water change every 2 weeks, like 7 gallons.  And would like to keep to this schedule as so far its easy, and things are working.  my ATO is kalk with vinegar running 24/7 on a drip from peristaltic pump.
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Your bio load seems fine to me.
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Would you stop here.  Its tempting to get just one more.... kinda thinking my Anthias pair could use another female... 

She is just the object of so much "affection" ...
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I say you have some room to grow in regards to your bio load. I would also say however, that your yellow tang also has some growing to do and I think a 57G is a bit small in the long run. I would also caution your ability to add more fish down the road once he settles in. Yellow tangs can become quite territorial (as I found out the hard way).
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I agree with everything you said which is kinda why I posted this. The tang, Sunny, as my kids named
him is very much the Boss. He is not so sure he likes the female Anthias probably due to the color being orange but close enough to yellow to offend Sunny. So I was thinking that if I add anything it needs to be soon and another Anthias may diffuse the situation a bit. Nothing even close to a problem but Sunny does occasionally inform
the other occupants of his splendor and size.
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