How many fish at once ?

Camps23

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I know its not recommended to add a few fish at a time as you want to give your tank time to adjust to the new bioload. As stated in my other posts im upgrading tanks in the next few days (tank is finally at my house, just waiting on a few last minute plumbing supplies). The LFS is having a massive anniversary sale and everything is 40% off. I know i shouldnt jump the gun and buy the rest of my stocklist but the deals are hard to pass up. I was hoping to buy a blackcap basslet, carpenters flasher wrasse and a yellow eyed cole tang. I planned on QT the fish in a 20G tank till I took my 75G down. I would then move them in my 75G when I move my current fish to my new tank. When can I add the three new fish ? All at once after QT ? I planned on running them in Hypo Qt for 4 weeks.

140G (52x26x23)
Current:
Yellow Tang
Flame Angel
Mandarin Dragonet
Sand Sifting Goby
2 x ocellaris clowns

New Purchases:
Yellow Eyed Kole Tang
Blackcap basslett
Carpenters flasher wrasse

Would this complete my stocklist ?
I am also a big fan of anthias (eventually want a few lyretails)
 
I am assuming you are moving established live rock? If you get it ip soon I can't see it being to overloaded especially if you qt for a few weeks. You can prob also move basslet and or wrasse after qt and leave kole out and see if your levels change after a few days. I think if you use established bacteria from lr and so on you should be ok. Personally I think a 140 could hold a few more fish... Prob not Tangs but chromis etc
 
Ok, I think I will add the wrasse and basslett after about 2 weeks and the tang after 4. I will be using all my existing liverock from my old setup
 
Be careful with the tangs and the angel as tangs never know if they will get ick, and the angel might show aggression? My 2Cents
 
Be careful with the tangs and the angel as tangs never know if they will get ick, and the angel might show aggression? My 2Cents

I've had the flame angel in with the yellow tang for 6mnths with no issue. If anything the tang was all over the angel at first.
 
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