Reef stocking list. Fish.

[Reel North]

I've got a heck of a lot of gelidium in my reef, and plan on doing a reset by cleaning my rocks, and opening up my aquascape. I don't necessarily have a rock wall, but have a lot of rock. I'll be doing a Tonga branch and Tonga shelf layout, with a ton of negative space. My sump is a 125g with a 60 gal fuge. Tank is a 72 X 30 wide X 24 tall.

Regardless of the above. I have way too many fish, and will be thinning the herd and putting in the exact fish that will work together and be sps safe.

My show fish is a large desjardini sailfin. He's about 7" and likely 8" tall.

Currently, I have

Naso (want to keep)
Blue tang (keep - 3")
Yellow eyed Kole (keep)
Swallowtail angel

Magnificent foxface
One spot fox
2 scribbled rabbit
2 yellow tang
2 melanarus wrasse
Coris wrasse
Regal angel
Niger trigger

I will be selling the Niger, rabbits and regal for sure.

The sailfin is currently going after my mag foxface, and I have concerns about how the sailfin will be as time goes on. I don't have a lot of experience with big fish like that.

At the end of the day, I'd like to have a show tank with some amazing fish, like a school of bellus, and sps colonies, along with some tangs to keep it neat.

I just need some advice from experienced reefers to get me on the right track.

I also have a 5x3' frag tank with a 100 g sump as an independent system that I will need fish for.

 

[ezerasurfr]

Since you want to keep the naso, blue and kole I would put the 2 yellows in your frag tank. Especially since they all eat the same diet and inhabit the same place in the reef.

I would keep the wrasses and consider getting some kind of sand sifting fish. Perhaps a nice goby. If the tank is nice and established, perhaps a mandarin.

Since you're getting rid of some of the larger, more territorial fish - and if you remove the yellow tangs...maybe, just maybe the desjardini will cool down a little bit as he'll effectively own the tank (and know it.)

 

[Reel North]

I was thinking along those lines too. What would be considered a "good sand sifter. I have about 2" of substrate max.

 

[MMacro]

Your naso, sailfin, and trigger all need a larger tank. Everything else seems fine.

 

[reefbroao]

Reeferplax still cracks me up. Yes those fish will need a larger tank. Stick with a single yellow and if it was me some of the larger wrasses. Red coris wrasse would be a real show fish when it matures, still may eventually become too large

 

[MMacro]

Reeferplax still cracks me up. Yes those fish will need a larger tank. Stick with a single yellow and if it was me some of the larger wrasses. Red coris wrasse would be a real show fish when it matures, still may eventually become too large

Of course! I live by my avatar haha.

 

[Reel North]

Lol. Yes. I know that eventually they will need larger. I do have an ok from my wife to go bigger when necessary lol. The naso is only maybe 3" and the sailfin bigger but not huge yet.

The Niger I have sold whenever I tear my rocks out to a good friend with a swimming pool for a tank.

I want to keep the naso for as long as I can - he's called orange bottom by my kids lol.

Would a small school of swallowtails or bellus Angels work?

When you guys say too large, what sort of max size fish am I looking at, with my size tank.