Is this too much?

[killarsox]

I wanted to get some input on the amount of fish, that should be kept in a 34g tank. Right now I have 1 chromis, 2 clownfish, 1 sixline wrasse and 1 bangaii cardinal. I want to add 3 more chromis, and 4 more bangaiis. 12 fish total all of which are fairly small fish even as adults. My pair of clownfish, are going into my other Solana so i'll be adding a new pair of clownfish to the tank. My plan would be to add the 3 more chromis, and 4 bangaiis before adding the new clownfish pair. Hoping the clownfish would get the idea it's the bangaii's tank, and not be aggressive at all.

[ScottT]

I'm not an expert on stocking densities.  As far as the banggai go, that sounds scary.  They might be ok, but usually 1 male and 1 female per tank is the max.  In my experience two males kill each other so quickly.

I'll never get more than 2 banggai at a time again.  Pairing them is such a pita for me.
They are a schooling fish in the wild.  In captivity our tanks are too small.  The weakest ones just get beat to snot and die.  This usually continues until a pair is left (unless in a 100+ gal aquarium).

Just my experiences.  Maybe I do something wrong.

[Linda C.]

+1 on Scott's advice

also, in my experience and with talking with others, chromis usually only do well if they were all from the same group initially.  If you are lucky you will get ones that are related to each other.  They tend to pick each other off until you have only one survive.  I've seen some folks have a school of chromis but that seems more the exception then the rule.

What breed of clown are you considering?  If you go with something like GSM, Clarkii or something more aggressive like those you might run into a problem in a smaller tank as they become sexually mature.

Are you keeping corals in this tank?  if so, what kind?  There are some other fish that you can consider for a tank that size.

[killarsox]

Yeah I'm not sure what I was thinking, probably wouldn't work. I think I'll aim for the pair of clownfish, 3 bangaii, 2 chromis and my sixline.