150 Gallon stocking advice

[RayL]

I am new to this site but I have been reading a lot of posts over the last few months and was hoping to get some help.

I have been in the hobby for about 10 years but I have never had a large aquarium. About 10 months ago I set up a 150G aquarium that is 6 feet long, it also has a 30 gallon sump and a 20 gallon refugium. It is a FOWLR tank, has approx. 200lbs of rock through out the 3 tanks.

At the present time I have the following fish:
2x fire goby
2x scooter blenny
2x fairy wrasse
orange spot goby
seagrass filefish
hoevens wrasse
helfichi goby
and my favourite a 2' juvenile queen angel

These were the fish I was planning on still adding:
2x perculas
3x bartlett anthias
mandarin goby
yellow tang
yellow eye kole tang
powder brown tang
flame angel

Please let me know if you think all these fish will be fine in this tank or if I should make any substitutions, subtractions or additions

Thank you

 

[MellowReefer]

Wow, that sounds like too many fish based on what I've heard (which is 1 fish per 10 gallons, and you don't count your sump). Any more than this and you could have stress/aggression issues, and it would be quite a challenge keeping good water quality while feeding them enough food. But I guess maybe I've heard this advice for reef tanks, and you are going FOWLR so the advice may be different. Anyway, just tagging along.

 

[jaa1456]

Sounds like a pretty good load already, don't forget that queen will get big. I would add one of the tangs and maybe the flame. That would be all, my 120 will have 5 fish in it, a black tang, cream angel, lemon peel, leapord wrasse and a Japanese lunate fairy wrasse. I might add one more small wrasse, either a flasher or fairy.

 

[DustyReefer]

Sounds like a pretty good load already, don't forget that queen will get big. I would add one of the tangs and maybe the flame. That would be all, my 120 will have 5 fish in it, a black tang, cream angel, lemon peel, leapord wrasse and a Japanese lunate fairy wrasse. I might add one more small wrasse, either a flasher or fairy.

Agree with the only one tang, and flame as well, but I think there's room in there for at least the percs... There's always room for a pair of clowns haha. Also as stated keep in mind the queens max size, and prepare for an upgrade at some point down the road.

 

[RayL]

Thanks for the information, I am preparing for an upgrade soon, however the queen has already got a temporary home if needed in a 400G tank

 

[MellowReefer]

I've read that anthias will only do well with smaller, peaceful fish, so I would skip those. And mandarins are notoriously difficult to keep alive long term, so keep that in mind they are a real challenge. If I were you, I would do the clownfish pair, the flame angel, and the yellow tang and call it a day.