help me with my fish list (300g)

[kelrn98]

We all have lists that grow and grow, but I would really like to have a solid plan and stick with it. I am planning the stock list for my 96x24x31 300g sps/lps tank w/ shallow sand bed, 50g fuge, & 75g sump. Large reeflo 5000 skimmer, plan to run gfo, carbon, and biopellets in media reactors. 2x MP60s and reeflo barracuda for flow.

I currently have these fish and wish to transfer to the new tank:

1 coral beauty (excellent reef fish, have had him for 4 years)

2 spotted cardinal fish (not crazy about them personally, but I have had then for many years and they have been real troopers)

1 ocellaris clown

1 red elongated dottyback (stays in rocks mostly until feeding time, excellent, hardy fish, beautiful colors)

1 blue damselfish (I know they can be awful, but I have had this one for 6+ years and he has been a good community member)

What I would like to have, though I can probably not have them all........would like constructive reasoning to narrow my list a bit or alternatives to my list. I am not crazy about having tangs that take up 1/4 of the tank. I would rather have numerous smaller fish personally. Though my man really wants a yellow belly regal tang.

Here's my working list (in addition to my fish above):

flame angel

mystery wrasse

yellow watchman goby and shrimp pair

midas blenny

2 firefish (nemateleotris magnifica)

yellow belly hippo

schooling bannerfish x 3 (henichus diphreutes)

resplendent anthias (7-9?)

red mandarin (after a year or so)

splendid dottyback (pseudochromis splendidus)

neon blue (tank bred) gobies (eleacatuinus oceanops) x 2-3

yellow tang x 3

white tail bristletooth tang or two spot bristletooth tang

orange spotted blenny (blenniella chrysospilos)

achilles tang and/or mimic lemon peel tang

any input will be greatly appreciated as well as suggestions as to what order to add these fish.

 

[kelrn98]

oops forgot one: magnificant foxface

 

[kelrn98]

nobody?

 

[kelrn98]

Come on guys...any feedback?

 

[Bello]

Lol, here's my 2 cents....

I think most of the smaller, docile fish...like the firefish and gobies, will get lost in the setup. I have a 265g.

Wrasses, mandarin etc should be fine.

 

[geaux xman]

I think you are fine with that stock list. My only suggestion is that if you're not planning on following a thorough QT regimen, I would not get the achilles. Achilles are really sensitive fish and when they do come down with ich, they usually take down half or even the entire tank with them.

 

[reeferstace]

The only major thing I see is the mystery wrasse. Some people love them. I would never put one in my tank because they tend to bully other wrasses that I like so much better (flasher and fairies). That's just my opinion, though.