Re-placement of Clark Clowns?

[loans_n_fishes]

Now that my Clark clowns have been out of the main tank for several weeks, what do you guys think about me putting them back? They are hosting in a leather. Do you think since they are hosting it will make them more or less aggressive? Really never had a problem with the male, but the female could be a bit of a bully. Trying to pull them out of the 75 again would not be my first idea for an afternoon! <_< Although, I was thinking of re-arranging some of the rock. Not really looking forward to that either, but it would give me a chance to thin out my garden...er..tank! <_<

They are in a 10 gal now. I had planned to move them to a 30 gal soon, but would rather save the 30 for my seahorses. (actually would rather have a cube for the seahorses, but that's another subject.)

Another concern is stocking. Presently in 75 tank:

Foxface Lo
Saddleback Butterfly
2 Occ Clowns
Mandarin Goby

Planned to add:

Lawn Mower Blenny (already purchased, but not added)
Conch (already purchased, but not added)
Coral Beauty and/or Purple Tang (considering)
Flame Hawk (considering)
Clark clown pair (hopefully.. if they can behave themselves)
Randall's Goby (already purchased, but not added) and pistol shrimp (will definitely purchase later)--actually these 2 will probably go in the 10 gallon and then eventually to the 30 (or cube) with the seahorses.

This seems pretty heavily stocked to me, but I have seen that many of your tanks have lots of fish. Am I going to need a bigger tank? :blink

My heart says: Please say yes....please say yes.... :wub
My bank account says: Please say no...please say no :lol

[Andrew]

I vote for a bigger tank. How about a 125?

[hobogato]

you should just go all out and get that 240 from chris in the forsale forum ;) then you wouldnt have to upgrade again - well for a long time anyway :P :lol

[loans_n_fishes]

Yeah, when I saw Gary's 125 I thought it seemed like the perfect size. So, what is the footprint of a 125? Would having a bigger tank cut down on the conflicts as well?

If I did a 125, I would obviously need lights (which I need now anyway), a stand, canopy, hang on fuge (hopefully),a larger skimmer and more powerheads. It would probably be nice to house these things in a sump underneath. Right now everything is in the one tank (or hanging on it). I'm thinking all of this will set me back a pretty penny. :(

I would sell the 75 (tank and glass lid only) and MAYBE the 30 gallon (tank and lid and pc lights) to get the 125.

How much $$ am I looking at to do this? I have around $200 at the moment plus whatever I would get for the tank(s) (how much do you think?)

I guess, really I would need to trade tanks with someone (at least partially) so that I can breakdown and setup again at the same time, plus I would need the money from the tanks before buying the 125.

Perhaps this is a predicament for another time. <_<

How close do you think I am to making this happen? Again, I wouldn't necessarily need halides just something for softies and LPS.

[GaryP]

The footprint of a 125 gal. is 72 X 18 X 24". If you are going to move up, I would suggest a 180. Basically the same as a 125, but 6" wider.

Here is a good site to check the dimensions of various tanks.

http://www.glasscages.com/?sAction=ViewCat&lCatID=2