90 gal stocking

[mnm1953]

Starting to plan my stocking list. I have a 90 gal display with a 30 gal sump/refuge. I have 150 lbs of live rock with 1"live sand. Looking to add the fish in about 2 weeks when the tank will have been up and running for 6 weeks.
The first group I want to start with are

Blue Tang
Coral Beauty Angel
Kole Tang
Purple Fire Fish Maybe 2 of these. Will they co exist

Looking to add the following 3-4 weeks later

Purple line Dottyback
Mccosker Flasher Wrasse

4 weeks later
Yellow Tang
Flame Angel

Any suggestion on adding or deleting will be greatly appreciated

 

[Jerry W]

Go with the kole tang and not the other two. I'd also stick with one of the dwarf angels. Two is a gamble. The dottyback may well harm the firefish and possibly the flasher wrasse. With 150 lbs of rock, you've reduced the amount of available real estate. Stock lightly.

 

[mnm1953]

I kind of had the same thoughts on the dottyback. I will remove him. On the Firefish can more than one be kept in the same tank.

 

[Jerry W]

Two should be okay. I've kept them in pairs before.

 

[RiOnRoxXx]

I would stay away from that many tangs...one should be good enough. As said before the Dottybacks are nice looking fish but they do come with a punch.

 

[snorvich]

Firefish in the short run will coexist but for long term success, if you want more than one, they need to be a mated pair. A dottyback will intimidate the firefish and kill the flasher wrasse. A possible exception to that is the orchid dottyback. Two centropyge is risky. It might work, but it is risky.

 

[RR14]

I would recommend getting only 1 tang. You should stick with 1 angel. I have tried both the coral beauty and the flame angel in my 90 gallon. I was unsuccessful. The flame angel can get very territorial. I still have my flame angel 15 months later but my coral beauty got the snot knocked out of him. But if you do try, put them in at the same time and make sure they are not the same size. But based on my experince I don't think it's worth it. In my 180 I am only going to have 1 Centropyge , my flame angel.

 

[Kahuna Tuna]

I would go with one of the smaller bristletooth tangs in a 90 and like the others I think one tang is plenty, the tomini, kole, or two spot would be good choices. These fish are great film algea eaters and are smaller and less aggressive than most tangs.

I would also go with one dwarf angel. I had a flame and a lemonpeel in a 90 and they never really got along. A dwarf angel should get along with another genus better and a smaller genicanthus like a watanabei or bellus should work nicely.

I totally agree that a pseudo is a poor mix with any passive fish but you might get away with one of the mellower pseudos like the orchid or sankeys.

I like the flasher wrasse choice and the firefish.