I have the purple and orange lobster. I dropped him into the tank about 8 months ago, we saw him hit the bottom and run under a bunch or LR, and he hasn't been out since. We can get a glimpse of him with a flashlight, but it is a treat for my kids to spot him in there, and he has grown from about 2" to 3" and molted many times. I have never had any of my clowns, mandarin, small damsels go missing.
I built a 180G into my new construction a year ago. do you have basements or are you on slab in Idaho? If you're on slab, then skip to the good luck, but if you have a basement then: the lumber yard can do a load calculation to make sure that floor system that you use can hold the static weight of your tank. It is great to put the filtration system in the basement. The cooler temp down there acts like a chiller, there's a lot more room for a refugium, frag system, etc. If you can, put a slop sink and floor drain down there also.
Good luck with the construction, you'll need all you can get.
he's good with larger, healthy animals, as well as wrasses, burrowers. smaller fish and inverts are at risk.
