90 gallon reef fish selections

[Dmriche]

Hi,
We have a 90 gallon reef tank right now. Everything is fine right now with the following:
2 black clowns
3 blue chromis
Longnose hawkfish
Bicolor angel
Flame angel
Scooter blenny

Bubble tip anemone
Long tentacle anemone
Pipe organ coral
Pulsing Xenia
Green star polyp
Toadstool leather
Frogspawno

We want to add:
Lawnmower blenny
Swallowtail angel
Kole tang
Exquisite fairy wrasse
Mandarin

Any comments? Opinions? We feel we've researched compatibility pretty well but would this be overstocked?

Thanks!

 

[nanoreefer1000]

IMO don't add the angelfish and mandarin, I wouldn't add the tang either because I like smaller fish

 

[jeremy K]

It will be, at the least, maximally stocked. Many would tell you that it would be over stocked. I would only attempt that many fish in a 90 gallon tank if it is a very mature system with an excellent skimmer, and maybe even biopellets to keep nitrates and phosphates down.

 

[indyjaco]

If you have a good skimmer and do water changes you should be fine. My bigger concern would be fish getting aggressive.

my .02

 

[Sleepingtiger]

how is your bicolor and flame angel getting along? I heard getting two dwarf angels in a tank that small will cause a problem

 

[Sleepingtiger]

also, what is the dimension of your 90g tank? I have a 90g myself, but it is more square than long

 

[chrisfont23]

I have a 90g too with 9 fish in total including a dwarf lion, 2 clowns, 2 damsels, royal gramma, yellow tang, blue tang & a bangaii cardinal. I think I am maxed out at 9 and I do have trouble keeping my NO3 low. So FWIW, before you create an issue for yourself, you might want to rethink the amount of fish you are including. Battling NO3 is a chore.

 

[Dmriche]

Well, what I failed to state was that we had already placed the order with Live Aquaria before I posted. The mandarin wasn't included so we can nix that.
We have 15 gallon with just 2 clowns, maybe I can add the mandarin there?

Our dwarf angels have been together 8-9 months and are probably both about 3 inches - they act like best friends, following each other everywhere, no sign of any aggression.

We do 25% water changes every 10 days or so.

 

[indyjaco]

I think you'll be fine then. I would just watch aggression with the angels and tangs.

 

[nanoreefer1000]

Don't put the mandarin in the 15 gallon

 

[jaa1456]

Skip the bio pellets as well.

 

[nanoreefer1000]

Why?

 

[bambam918]

Keep your GSP on an isolated rock. They are very cool as I have some but they can over run a tank, quickly. I worry about the long tentacle anemone but if you have managed to keep it with out any ill effects then keep doing what you are doing. Just hope you don't lose a fish or two to him, epically with the amount of fish you have in the 90

 

[reice923]

Do the Kole Tang i had one in my old tank a few years back and it was my fav

 

[Frost3839]

make sure to have a lot of alge growth for the lawnmover bleeny to live

 

[searle832003]

I wouldn't add, Lawnmower blennyor the Mandarin unless your pod population is massive. I mean you can see them on the glass massive these guys will mow them down quick and starve. Unless you are going to be them and add them every week and you can afford that. I wouldn't the add Swallowtail angel unless you can keep and healthy diet of plankton in the tank as this is what they eat. You can probably get them to eat other things but might take some time.

 

[MrTuskfish]

In a perfect world, you'd have a bigger tank for the swallowtail, but if you can get him eating, he'll be fine. If your pod population is adequate (your profile says your tank has been set up for almost a year, so pods will PROBABLY be OK) ; I think your fish list is fine and well thought out. You can always find potential problems and things seldom go 100% as planned. There may be some pecking-order stuff with the angels, but I think it will settle down. IMO & IME; the worry about mixing angels is way over done. It often comes down to individual fish and their behavior; but i think you have enough room to accommodate them. I would make the ST the last angel, though.