Stocking for 36x36x26 - little help please

[miwoodar]

This tank has been set up for a couple of years now. SPS/LPS plus a few polyps and a leather coral. High water flow. QT setup is ready to go.

I like the pep the carpenters wrasse brought to the tank. If this were your tank, what would you consider as a next step?

Current residents...
* Regal Tang (been with me since ~2004)
* Purple Tang (~2008)
* Flame Angel (~2009)
* Long Nose Hawk (~2010)
* Carpenters Wrasse (male) (~two months)

This was the plan...
* Blue Jaw Trigger (male) --- rethinking this one for bioload and tank size
* YLNB --- hoping to keep this one on the list

Amended plan...
* YLNB
* Matted Filefish (lingering aiptasia problem) --- even possible given faster tank mates?
* Another wrasse or few?
* Anthias?
* Oversights?

 

[Monkeyfish]

IMO, the tank is pretty well stocked as is, but I tend to be on the conservative side. Another of the smaller flasher or fairy wrasses might be okay. Be careful with the matted filefish. I know several people who've lost corals to one after it finished off the aiptaisa; mostly acans and other LPS, but one guy had a file that loved to chew on SPS.

 

[ruiny]

I don't think you are even close to full bioload.
Assuming your filtration is up to the task.
I would go with 5 or 7 anthais, and some sort of basslet or gramma.
I would stay away from the butterfly or filefish.
I think the trigger could work. but it is a bit of a gamble.
I also love firefish, they should have been first added but you could try.