[cokipoint]

Anyone see anything wrong with this list in my 150 gallon rectangle reef tank.

currently: 4 chromise, 1 maroon clown, 1 purple tang, 1 yellow tang, 1 red sea tang, mystery wrasse, 2 bartlet anthias.

Want to add: 1 tiger goby, 2 or 3 purple eye anthias, lamark angel and maybe a flame angel.

corals: green hammer, two candies. ORA super natural cap and a rose anenome. Zoo's soon to come.


My LFS has been getting great stock lately.

Oh my tank is 7 months old with 245 lbs of Tonga Rock.

[demonsquirt]

The fact its going to be a reef tank. Your list dont seem to bad but if you want a reef tank then you want coral. If so then its all about the coral and keeping water quality high. The bigger more aggresive fish in higher numbers means more maintance and higher cost to you for water maintance.

If you want coral then think of fish like a source of food for them as by feeding them your also feeding most coral. Then fish act as part of the CUC by controlling algea and cleaning the sand. Then perhaps 1 or 2 for eye candy.

Many reef type fish are smaller and less aggresive. Most of the fish you named can get big reqiuring more fish and space and producing more waste. They work for awile but in time you will only end up removing many.

Fish like bi color blennys and chalk bass and wrasses and ect.. means less stres and a few more fish with much less mess.

[spanko]

Also Angel fish are real potential coral nippers and or eaters. Make sure you research the fish you want before you purchase to see if they are in tune with your overall strategy.

[dori9941]

love a good link.
Reef safe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Live Aquaria - The Page You Have Requested Cannot Be Found

[unclejed]

I agree with squirt. I have posted in the past about having a reef tank and the corals are primary and the fish become secondary. Your tank is loaded pretty good now, I wouldn't stress the tank any further.