Stocking 40 Breeder

[Joesmoe45]

Looking for some insight on stocking my 40 gallon breeder.

I have a 40 gallon breeder with 25 lbs of LR and 1.5" LS. I also have a 40G Breeder Sump with a Reef Octopus 1000int skimmer. All in all I beleive I have alround 75 gallons of water. Have some Zoos, favia, BTA. Will be adding more coral as time goes by.

Currently have green chromis and yellow watchman.

My thoughts are the following over time:

Yellow watchman x1
Green Chromis x1
Six Line Wrasse x1
Swissortail Dartfish or firefish x2
Bangaii Cardinals x2
Snowflake Clowns x2
cleaner shrim x2
CUC (snails only)

Is this too much or could I also add showpiece fish such as dwarf angel? If this is okay any other recomendations instead of dwarf angel as they can nip on corals.

 

[Dmorty217]

I think with that list of 9 fish you will be pretty well stocked. You could always ditch the six line and replace it with a less aggressive and more colorful wrasse. There is about 1000 to choose from

 

[jbvdhp]

Stocking 40 Breeder

I've had maybe 6, 6 lines over the years. Lost many from carpet surfing. In all the years I've had them, they've never picked on /shown aggression towards any fish, conversely, clowns seem to hate them and pick on them in my tanks.

Not the most beautiful fish, but I like how they are always about, their patterns are colorful... I think it's a cool fish. My latest lost was thru treatment for ich. Poor guy. I think you have a pretty good list there.