First large set-up! HELP w/ stocking.

[SATXreefer]

Hello All! Pretty new here and I was just wanting some input as I seem to be going back and forth in my mind about stuff for my tank. This is my first large set-up, my main expierence has been with a 30G Reef tank and a 12G Aquapod for the past year, and I finally decided to get a bigger tank. Partially because I wanted my current fish to have abigger home! Anyway, I just got a 125g AGA tank. I drilled a 3 inch drain in the back, and it goes to a 35g sump (well 55 but probably only 35g of water in it) I have a MAG 18 going through 1 inch PVC that has two openings to either end and 2 MJ 1200's on each side of the tank and an MJ900 in the middle for added flow in the tank. I don't have too much live rock probably around 65Lbs (all cured from a tank take down), but ordered 60 Lbs of base rock today which will be going in soon also 100 Lbs of sand (half live and half dead). For Filtration I have the drain that goes into a Custom Surface skimmer (trash can with the lines cut in it to skim the surface), Filter Floss, CSS220, and a holding basket which will hold my Chemipure. Tank has had salt water in it for 2 weeks and I'm just waiting for all the beneficial stuff to show up, so I probably won't be stocking for another 4-6 weeks. But I have no clue what to stock in it. this will be a FOWLR for now, as my 30G an 12G reef tanks have been up for a while and I don't really want a BIG reef right now. So I'm looking for fish that are Reef safe for the future! Here is my stocking wish list of what I would like:

7 Green Chromis
2-3 Schooling Bannerfish (the reef safe ones)
2 Black & White Percs
1 Yellow Angel (currently my only fish in my 30G, he hasn't touched the corals as of yet)
and if POSSIBLE a tang, I was thinking a Kole tang

Please give me your thoughts, and HELPFUL information. Thanks in advance!

 

[pnsnowboard]

i personally would put a fairy wrasse or a few in there i love fairy wrasses

a kole tang would do fine in a 125

 

[fishermania]

I think the list looks pretty good. Agree agout adding a few wrasses. The fairy or flasher wrasse group is nice. The careful with the chromis they can show agression over time and eventually weed the school down to 2 or 3 fish. Also be very sure with the bannerfish there is a reef safe and non reef safe benner fish that look almost identical and are often confised by importers or lfs. Another thing you might want to look at is gobies there are ton of cool looking small to medium gobies.

 

[thor32766]

sounds good and a kole would love it in there. Great fish choice.

 

[SATXreefer]

Thanks everyone for the good info.! I wasn't even thinking wrasses I will look into finding out more about them. Now what order of stocking, The order I listed them in looks good, but should I switch the order of the Kole and the Angel? Thanks again!