I think I'm going FOWLR... Need stocking advice

[Ocicat]

I've been doing a lot of reading on different fish, and I've decided to go FOWLR with my tank. It is a 180, and I have a 100-gal sump including a 20-gal fuge, 105# LR & 55# base rock, a shallow sand bed, and an ASM G3 skimmer.

I'm thinking I will make it semi-aggressive. I'd like comments/suggestions on this for a possible stock list:

1 Picasso trigger
2 Blue chin triggers (male/female)
1 Flame hawkfish
1 Coral beauty - or other angel
1 Dogface puffer
5 Golden domino damsels
3 Blackmouth, bicolor chromis
1 Magnificent foxface
1 (__suggestions?__) tang


How is that, in terms of bio-load and compatibility?

 

[Dert42]

picasso triggers look cool.
fade's parents have an awesome looking angel.

i don't like puffers.

i love my sailfin tang. he's peppy!

other then that i don't have any real advice.

 

[trottman]

get a fork tail lavender tang. they are awsome!

 

[Letmegrow]

Choose differently
1 Dogface puffer
5 Golden domino damsels
3 Blackmouth, bicolor chromis

Those particular Chromis grow up to be one of the most ignorant fish I have ever kept. Dominos are crazy mean too. I would go with more passive species and pick out 3 or 4 species and just get one of each.

The dogface will be stressed out with those fish I think.
You might be able to make him comfortable in there but there could be problems.

Tang ? - Go to Kurts and pick one out :lol:

 

[Ocicat]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8084192#post8084192 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by trottman
get a fork tail lavender tang. they are awsome!

I had never heard of that one before, and it doesn't make it into my Marine Fishes book, but the pic on liveaquaria.com is beautiful. LA says they are peaceful - Do you think it would be OK with somewhat aggressive tankmates, like the picasso trigger?

 

[Ocicat]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8084309#post8084309 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Letmegrow
Choose differently
1 Dogface puffer
5 Golden domino damsels
3 Blackmouth, bicolor chromis

Those particular Chromis grow up to be one of the most ignorant fish I have ever kept. Dominos are crazy mean too. I would go with more passive species and pick out 3 or 4 species and just get one of each.

The dogface will be stressed out with those fish I think.
You might be able to make him comfortable in there but there could be problems.

Tang ? - Go to Kurts and pick one out :lol:

So you think the dogface is too passive?

I saw a suggestion on the FO forum to use damsels to clean up after messy eaters like triggers & puffers, which is why I added those to the list.

Also I was wondering if those chromis will school - ? That is why I came across those... I was trying to find something that would school but could hang with semi-aggressive tankmates, and I know blue-green chromis school.

 

[Dert42]

srgnt majors are schoolish. and semi aggresive.
i have a big one you can have. like 3 inches...

 

[trottman]

here is mine.. he is super fast. his name is flash

look at his blurred face and you can kinda see the orange dot on blue background pattern!

see the neon purple barb!

body shape

mine gets along with a PB tang and all other fish. eats well. it is just really fast.

here is what the colors look like on mine, except that the spots on the face are more prevelent. and mine has a super neon purple barb.

i have never seen one before, except the one that i got. talk with the owner of an LFS and see if they can get you one. Ctenochaetus nigrofuscus is his name.

i love erwin also

 

[Ocicat]

trottman, he's gorgeous. I will definitely consider that one. Since I'm new at this, I want fish that are hardy, but also they can't require passive tankmates.

New proposed list:

2 Blue chin triggers (Or maybe crosshatch?)
1 Flame hawkfish
1 Coral beauty or Flame angel
1 Large angel (suggestions?)
1 Harlequin tusk
1 Magnificent foxface
1 (__Lavendar?__) tang
3 Yellow tangs
5 - ? Schooling fish recommendations?

As you can see, I think I may forego the Picasso, the domino damsels, and the blackmouth chromis - they were all just more aggressive than the others in the list. I also ditched the puffer. I forgot to include the harlequin tusk yesterday - I definitely think I'd like one of those.

Is 3 yellow tangs too many? They look nice in a group... and I definitely want at least one group of something.