[poochi487]

my tank isnt yet set up still waiting on the stand... but have everything else... i plan on haveing acros and stony corals of that sort so the tank and maybe a few mushrooms and zoos.. will have alot of water movment its a 110 g tank square and i wanted to know if the fish i want to put in there will be healthy and happy in it
1 powder blue tang
3 female anthias and 1 male not sure on which kind but no diffcult types
5- 10 chromis
my clarkii clown from my previous tank along with my royal gramma
1 leopard wrasse and maybe some fairy wrasses not sure
and other than that not sure what else i like to put in there i was maybe thinking of anouther tang like a purple tang.. but not sure so other than that just wondering what you think of my choices! and if you have any suggestions!
thanks in advance!

[clown shrimp]

sounds like a god list! i would also add a jaw fish

[pogodzib]

Your bioload will be really high having that many fish in a SPS tank. I'd cut your fish total down significantly. It would be a high amount even if it were a softy tank. As for fish choices, I wouldn't recommend mixing wrasses in a tank that size.

[clown shrimp]

why would you not mix wrasses?

[poochi487]

alright the main fish id like is the powder blue, leopard wrasse, and anthias and some chromis would that be to much? i also will have a sump and a protien skimmer to help with the bio load!

[pogodzib]

Wrasses can get aggressive towards one another and may not stop until one either jumps out of the tank or gets killed by the other on. Mixing a leopard wrasse and a fairy wrasse may work since neither of them are typically aggressive, but you never know with any wrasse how they are going to interact with one another. Kind of like mixing an aggressive clownfish with a peaceful variety, it may work, but often the peaceful variety will get pestered until it gets killed.

[pogodzib]

I like that combination much better. With only having one large fish, I feel that one fish per 10 gallons of display tank water is about the maximum that you want to put in a reef tank and then see how the system does for several months. If the water readings (particularly nitrate) stay at or near zero, your fish don't appear crowded, your corals are thriving, and you want more fish, you can gradually add a few more fish.

[poochi487]

ya i want just one large fish and a medium sized one like the wrasse and having the rest be schooling fish and then my clownfish i wouldnt put any more clowns in there ive just him since i got started in reefs and he has alot of personality and just to make sure a powder blue would be happy in a 110 along with the other fish. also whats your peoples thoughts on the leopard wrasse cause ive heard alot of differnt thoughts on them

[Mattfish]

Just thought I'd throw in one thought - Blonde Naso Tang. Ours is beautiful, peaceful, and graceful in it's movements.

We also have a Desjardin Tang (Indian Ocean Sailfin Tang) which is also beautiful, but a little more agressive.

And while I'm throwing in ideas, we also have an Orange Spotted Rabbit and a Scribbled Rabbit, both of which are also beautiful.

But either way, you're planning ahead and that's time well spent, especially getting opinions and feedback. We did the same when we started (wihslist and request for comments).

But as the always-knowledgeable Pogodzib pointed out, it's easy to overload and easier to move slowly and add as you feel the tank can handle it. The most important issue is order of addition to the tank, to avoid hostility and battles.

[poochi487]

i like the naso tangs but i think one wouldnt be happy in my tank but as far as order im goin to put the chromis in first then the bartletts anthias then my clown and royal gramma then a wrasse then a tang of some sort and i think ill be done with adding fish