Need Some Study Material

[Reefing Newbie]

I am upgrading to a 180 this coming fall and would like to get everything down so that I can learn about everything over the summer, then bring it all together in this build. Right now I am looking for fish suggestions and stocking limitations on 180 LPS dominated reef with rarer zoanthids/ ricordias and a H. magnifica nem for my B&W clowns.

All I have down is:
2x Black and White Clowns
2x Pylei Fairy wrasses
5x Resplendent Anthias
3x Chalk Bass
1x Powder Blue Tang (This is to be my one and only large fish for the tank)

My ideas are small fish (Would prefer them to be under 4") that are colorful and full of personality. I won't have much of a sand bed, less than 3". I also don't want the risk of them nipping LPS or softies or other sessile inverts. How many more small fish can I fit that will fit my profile?

Filtration- SRO XP2000I skimmer, ATS, and carbon reactor. Sump size is TBD, but will be as big as possible (more than 40 gallons). There will also be ~150lbs of rock in the DT and more in the sump.

Thanks in advanced! Budget on these fish is $250 each, so feel free to make suggestions!

 

[nanoreefer1000]

Fairy, flasher, possum, pink streak wrasse, assessors, dragonets, gobies, blennies, etc

 

[Reefing Newbie]

Let's say I do an eight line flasher pair and a nahackyi pair in addition to what I have, do I have room for a mandarin and three other small fish?

 

[rssjsb]

I would reconsider the pyle's wrasse if you're going to keep passive anthias. Mine chased a dispar into hiding.

 

[revaltion131]

My Pyle's male is making a sport of flashing at my Lyretail anthias. So far, it's just fun to watch and he's not chasing anyone into hiding. However, I think lyretails are a little tougher than other anthias species.

 

[Reefing Newbie]

So far my pylei wrasses haven't been aggressive enough to chase my clowns. Just occasionally flashing at each other. I will keep an eye out on them though.

 

[rssjsb]

You may not see it until you introduce a similarly shaped fish that is easy to bully. My pyle's occasionally displays to one of my angels, but mostly he ignores fish that aren't cigar-shaped.

 

[Reefing Newbie]

I will look out for it. Maybe adding all 5 of the anthias at the same time will help disperse aggression among them if mine are going to be. I would do lyretails, but I don't like the fact that they get to be 5".