Do I need to trim down my fish population?

[Ostri]

Hi everyone, my 220g SPS tank will be ready to go very soon. I currently have some fish that I'm keep in some temporary aquariums and I'm planning to put them in the 220g once N-cycle is done.

I will be running pellets and a big skimmer.

Here is a list of fish that I currently have. (They have all been tested on "reef-safeness")

2 x Moorish Idols
1 x Achilles Tang
1 x SM Blue Tang
1 x Med Powder Blue Tang
1 x SM Yellow Tang
1 x Purple Tang
1 x Naso Tang

1 x Emperor Angelfish

1 x Auriga Butterfly
1 x Yellow Longnose Butterfly

2 x Bangai Cardinals

1 x Yellow Wrasse
1 x Melanurus Wrasse
1 x Painted Fairy Wrasse

1 x Purple Firefish

I kinda feel that I'm having too many fish. I'm worried that they will pollute the aquarium and the water will not be good for SPS corals. If it were up to you, how would you like to trim the population down? I'm kinda not quite interested in blue tang, naso tang, and yellow longnose. Definitely keep achilles, moorish, powder, and purple tang.


Thanks!

 

[SpSChief85]

You have afew options, but it's all going to what's most practical to you, my advice keep all the fish and carbon dose with a large skimmer, once you have your maintenance dose dialed in start adding corals and watch them grow. Others may have better advice. Edit: I would not put an angel in a sps tank, you may think it's reef sage but In my opinion none are, you may never see them nip but they are, I had the same thing happen to me with an angel for 2 years I took it out and was a night and day difference, my sps polyp extension was night and day.

 

[Ostri]

You have afew options, but it's all going to what's most practical to you, my advice keep all the fish and carbon dose with a large skimmer, once you have your maintenance dose dialed in start adding corals and watch them grow. Others may have better advice. Edit: I would not put an angel in a sps tank, you may think it's reef sage but In my opinion none are, you may never see them nip but they are, I had the same thing happen to me with an angel for 2 years I took it out and was a night and day difference, my sps polyp extension was night and day.

Thanks for the suggestion!
I think I'll add them slowly to see if any changes take place on corals color