75g re-stock suggestions?

[Cahooligan]

my tank has been up and running for over a year now, and im looking for more fish to add. currently there is a yellow tang, and 3 occelaris clowns. im looking for some suggestions of different fish possibilities. ill be making a mesh top for the tank to prevent anything else from jumping out. the tank is a softy/lps reef. so far my ideas have been:

-Mccoskers flasher wrasse
-purple firefish(if the clowns dont pick on it)
-bangaii cardinal
-perhaps another wrasse if compatible
-maybe a goby or blenny

im looking to get as much diversity as possible, and by that i want to ultimately get as many different species and different colors as possible without overstocking. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thank you. (the yellow tang is only ~3.5 inches and when it gets too big for the tank, it will be traded in)

 

[D5HP]

I think you'll probably end up having problems with the three clowns before the tang. You probably want to drop that down to two quickly...or they will manage it for you.

I like your fish list. I am not much of a wrasse man so I can't help there...but I have always liked sixlines if they are added last.

if you don't have shrimp, I'd get a flame hawk for a really vibrant red fish.

The bangaiis are great...one of my favorite fish.

What about a a yellow watchman goby and a starry blenny? Both are very cool fish...and easy to keep.

 

[Cahooligan]

I think you'll probably end up having problems with the three clowns before the tang. You probably want to drop that down to two quickly...or they will manage it for you.

I like your fish list. I am not much of a wrasse man so I can't help there...but I have always liked sixlines if they are added last.

if you don't have shrimp, I'd get a flame hawk for a really vibrant red fish.

The bangaiis are great...one of my favorite fish.

What about a a yellow watchman goby and a starry blenny? Both are very cool fish...and easy to keep.

The clowns were originally 4 (two black and two orange). They orange ones paired up and forced one black one to jump. Not the orange pair is breeding, and the one other black one has to stay in the corner of the tank. He is allowed in the whole bottom corner of the tank, but no where else. I'm unable to catch him to move him because he isn't Allowed out of the rockwork except to eat. Other than that, theyve all been together for over a year with no real aggression. The black one knows where he's allowed to be and he stays there.

I also have 3 cleaner shrimp and a few peppermints, so I cant do a hawk fish

And I have heard that some blennies will nip clam mantles, but I haven't really
read up on that yet. thank you for the suggestions.

 

[Federer]

a paired watchmen goby and tiger snapping shrimp, 2 green damsels, pajama cardinal, maroon clown, gold assessor basslet (a great colorful, hardy, peaceful fish), chalk basslet, copperbanded buttefly and juvenile blue face angel along with peppermint and coral banded shrimps with heavy clean-up crew, currently inhabit my 75G mixed reef tank, which will be plumbed to a 150 in the upcoming month (or basically until I can fill it with RO/DI water). i'll just say that the tang will quickly outgrow the 75G. mine has been eyeing the larger tank across of it and grows noticeably larger on a weekly basis in the several months that I've had it w/ increasing aggression towards inhabitants. i have kept it happy with a lot of circulation in the tank, frequently re-arranging aquascape and got it over a bad case of ich too. in my experience, clownfish can learn to tolerate each other if there is ample space between their territories and the anemone or LPS they decide to host. they appear to bicker more than a fight to the death, at least the ones I've raised.

 

[jdwreefer]

I have 3 McCoskers flashers, and they are good fish. If you get some make sure to only get one male, and 1 or 2 females. They just cruise around the tank on their own, and the male will do his flash thing a few times a day. Watchman goby/pistol shrimp pairs are great to watch. You might want to consider a blenny, I had a tailspot and loved him.

 

[Cahooligan]

I'm going to consider a goby/ pistol shrimp pair. I'll also reconsider a blenny if I find a species that doesn't nip at clams. Other than that I'm only thinking of one mccoskers at the moment, because I want as much diversity as possible. The same goes for the cardinal fish and the fire fish if I get them. Thank you for the suggestions everyone. I'll try to come up with a solid stock list as soon as i have time, and then I'll have it critiqued.

 

[joshuabradley1]

I have always been a fan of the Royal Gramma. They look great in any tank.

 

[clinicalman]

75 G Tank

75 G Tank

I have a 92 gallon corner with about 75 lbs of live rock that is fairly new tank at 3 months old or less. I have a couple of clowns, pink anthius, and black blenny that I bought from one owner. I added them to a yellow tailed damsel and (2) bang Cardinals and a few peppermint shrimp.
I have the amon, nitrates, and nitrates at all close to zero after some spiking after adding so many fish. I had to ration them to very small aounts of food while recycling the second time. I plan on adding a Mand gobie, yellow headed jawfish, and 6 line wrasse. All the newly sought additions will not grow beyond 3 inches. The 6 line wrasse is the only one I am bit nervous about as far as the shrimp.

B Cardinals would be a very good addition as they adabt well as tankmates as they are not aggressive but do not take to being bullied. The Black Blenny (akn Tribal blenny) is the biggest fish at 4 inches and shows strong leadership in the tank without being aggressive. They have great personalities perched on the rock like a life guard watching the activities. The blenny will take care of your algae problems if they exist since they are like an underwater cow with non stop algae eating

 

[Cahooligan]

Ok thank you everyone for all of the suggestions. I've narrowed my list down to as follows:

-mccoskers flasher wrasse
-1 maybe 2 regular firefish( if they get along. I still have to look it up)
-chalk bass
-tail spot blenny
-a type of goby(pretty much whatever species I find at the lfs that doesn't throw sand everywhere.)

So far this is what I have. Does anyone see an issue with these?