250l/66g stocking ideas

[roisin]

Ok so, I'm getting a 250l aquarium with a rear sump to upgrade from my 110l fowlr. Currently I have 2 chromis and a small, docile (at the moment!) yellow stripe maroon clown and am thinking about stocking for the 250l.
The fish I would like are:
Mandarin (eventually)
Coral Beauty (or possibly a different dwarf angel)
1-3 more blue/green chromis
A goby/shrimp pair
Copperband butterflyfish (have read contrasting info but have sort of come to the conclusion that this one wont work)
A jewel puffer or valentini puffer

What would anyone suggest on this? I am open to having fish added or removed from the list, but would like a largeish 'centrepiece' fish, such as a dwarf angel or the copperband.

Also any suggestions on good beginner corals and anemones would be appreciated!

Thanks

 

[Cliving1]

You have a lot of options. Royal gramma, hawkfish, midas blenny etc. Some smaller puffers will still nip at coral, so lay out your corals you want to keep first, or fish whatever is more important. I would not add any more chromis. Coral beauty would be fine, but will be a hit or miss with coral. Could try a cherub instead

 

[roisin]

thanks for the reply, i'll look into the cherub Have also been looking at a snowflake eel but not sure if it'd go after my fish?
Also could anyone suggest an approx amount of small/medium fish i could stock?

 

[Sorcha2]

I have a Mandarin in a 65 gallon and one thing I would say is they can decimate the population of pods extremely fast. I'm having to restock the population about every month and even with that I'm having a hard time keeping weight on him. So I'm starting to feed baby brine shrimp as well becuase I noticed a lot of the people having success with Mandarins are. I only have a very tiny refugium set up so maybe when I get a larger one it will help to keep the pod population more stable. I would suggest having a refugium and being prepared to feed baby brine shrimp before getting one.

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[Cliving1]

thanks for the reply, i'll look into the cherub Have also been looking at a snowflake eel but not sure if it'd go after my fish?
Also could anyone suggest an approx amount of small/medium fish i could stock?

Eels are predators. They can, and have the potential to eat fish. If you acquire one with fish, just know it can happen, dont blame the eel it was your choice. As far as how many, it more depends on fish type imo. I try to get fish that occupy different areas of the tank. A goby for the ground, clown for open swimming/anemone, angel for rockwork, blenny for perching etc.