New Tank!

[saltwater1920]

Hello!

I recently bought an existing almost empty tank and need ideas if my stockin list is okay! It is a 125 gal tank with 200lbs of rock. It is 6 ft long and almost 2 feet front to back and 18in top to bottom.

Comes with
2 mocha clown fish
1 bubble tip anemone
1 Urchin
1 Coral Beauty

What I want to add
2 green manadrin dragonets
1 Male anthias fish and several females (5? 6?)
1 One spot foxface
2 Zoster Butterfly fish
3 Yellow Tangs or 1 yellow tang, 1 kole eye tang, and 1 Tomini tang or a sailfin ( I like tangs but have never kept one.)

Maybe, if room
2 McCoskers Flasher wrasse
3 Chromis fish

I would like to keep snails and crabs in there but it is not a deal breaker.

Any thoughts would be great!!

Thanks

 

[aqua tech]

Be careful with yellow and sailfin they tend to be moody at times... But you might be ok since it's a 125.

 

[polaravic]

Sailfin Tangs grow to 14 inches. Tangs are aggressive and should be added last - esp. the Yellow.

polaravic

 

[saltwater1920]

Yes, the order in which I listed them would be the order I would add them. Thanks!

 

[CorbinSawyer]

I'm not sure about the 2 mandarins...that may be difficult

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[BigBlueTang]

Yes, the order in which I listed them would be the order I would add them. Thanks!

No Sailfin, I would recommend at the max 2 tangs...

 

[scooter31707]

+1^^^, no Salifin. A YT and a Kole might work, even still it can be hit or miss. Also, if I'm not mistaken, you have your measurements reversed. It should be 72 L x 18 W x 22H for a standard 125.

 

[civics14]

i hate my yellow tang... he's the biggest a-hole ever, but my son likes him, only reason he stays...

 

[OrionN]

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What I want to add
2 green manadrin dragonets
1 Male anthias fish and several females (5? 6?)
1 One spot foxface
2 Zoster Butterfly fish
1 yellow tang, 1 kole eye tang, and 1 Tomini tang.

Maybe, if room
2 McCoskers Flasher wrasse
3 yellow tail or Azur damsels
I would like to keep snails and crabs in there but it is not a deal breaker.

Any thoughts would be great!!

Thanks

I think there fish would be fine (perfect fish selection IMO). Three tangs and a foxface is good in your tank but I would avoid larger tangs (mature size, it does not mater how small they are when you add them because they grow fast) and I would avoid chromis. They will not school in your tank. These damsels are peaceful and much brighter in color. The will spawn in a well run reef tank also.

If you don't want a cover on your tank, then don't add wrasse.

 

[OrionN]

i hate my yellow tang... he's the biggest a-hole ever, but my son likes him, only reason he stays...

I bet you if yellow tangs are rare, everybody would want them in their tanks. They are bright and easy to care for. They are only middling in term of aggressiveness scale as far as tangs are concern.