Stocking list for 210 FOWLR.

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-Keith-

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Stocking list for 210 FOWLR.

We currently have a 120 mixed reef and am in the process of setting up a 210 gal, 6 ft long, FOWLR tank.

We will move from the 120 to the 210"¦
~18" Snowflake eel, who gets along with smaller fish.
~5" Hippo tang

We like the 210 to be relatively peaceful fish who will get along. We might add a few easy soft corals later, but they will be stuff that is overgrowing our mixed reef so if a fish nips at them, that's OK.

What we really want: :fish2:
1 large puffer (probably porcupine or perhaps dogface)
1 small puffer (maybe saddled valentini)
3 dwarf angels (maybe bi-color angelfish, coral beauty)
1 Larger wrasse (probably female bluehead)
2 Tangs (probably blue caribbean tang and sailfin)
2 Butterflies (probably Raccoon and Lattice)
~10 small fish (e.g., lemon or blue green chromis, clowns, damsels)

Possible additional Fish:
An additional large puffer (so there would be both a porcupine and dogface)
Blue throated trigger (or pair?)
Marine Betta

Looking for comments on"¦
Total # of fish
personal experience with any of these.
any particularly good or poor fish on the list

If you have concerns with one or more fish, maybe suggest an alternative.

Thanks for any input.
 
I have a 210 FOWLR as well and that is a large bioload (eels are especially messy and I have a large Desjardini/sailfin that poops a much as I do I think)...

You have a supercharged skimmer?

I agree with the Chromis - they'll take each other out...
 
Thanks for the comments so far.

Based on them, we will remove the marine betta from the list.

we hope we have a good skimmer, a Vertex 180i, but we will go slow on the additions and watch for bio load issues.

We will replace the chromis and anthias with other small, active, colorful fish.. suggestions?

regarding be careful of the sailfin tang and the butterflies, is this a general tang and butterfly concern our is it specific to the sailfin, or maybe the butterflies?
 
Yellowtail damsels are one of the much less aggressive species of damsel. They're also quite pretty. They aren't schoolers, not exactly, but they tend to hang together if you have multiples. Make sure they have no yellow on their stomachs, though, those are yellowbelly devils and they are bad news.
 
Butterflies are rather fragile and very docile.

The sailfin is very tough and violent at times.

It can be a very fine line balancing two dynamically different species together, even more so if they share color/shape similarities.
 
Yes Atl blue can become extremely mean... I had one which was 8in long that was slowly killing off tank ares (265g). Took him to a lfs and warned them about the attitude.... Put him in a tank with a larger fuscus/blueline trigger and the tang killed him the next morning.

as with any tang... Others can be pretty calm

I would worry about to much bio load with a large ell and two large puffers. Some of these guys will get 1-2 feet long! I would only do one.... Another problem with large puffers is as they become accustomed to captivity they completely go mental when food is being added. Fun to watch but if anything gets in its way they could become a meal. Small puffer might not do well with their activity when food is being added. A few years ago I witnessed a large dogface bit the lower jaw off of a hybrid blue/queen angel, the Angel was over a foot long.

Fowleri, naso, lieutennant, clown, powder blue/brown or achilles might also work. The first 4 get big and usually do not have a big attitude while the last 3 are usually agressive.... But stay small. Blue and achilles like the hero tang can be ich magnets
 
If you want a Achilles/PB i hope you have sound QTing and also nothing that has ich on it from the 120g. I had one in my 220g and it was still too small a tank IMO and it was a juv still. A Powder Blue fits the tank better
 
I forgot the mention sometimes the powder blue and achilles have huge attitudes and could be cramped in your tank. I had that problem when I had a 210g a few years ago..lol powder blue was a terror......

The powder brown some state do not have as severe of a attitude and also do not get ICH as easily. Achilles can also be tricky...... And expensive
 
Thanks for the detailed comments so far. These are the type of comments I was hoping for. They help me, and my future fish, greatly.

Based on these comments, only one large puffer at most and no Atlantic blue tang.

Still have plenty of time to think. Tank is empty, rocks curing, and most of the equipment still in boxes.
 
Thanks again for the comments. After slowly setting up the tank and giving it plenty of time to cycle and age, I got the first batch of fish this weekend. They are quarantining. The new additions are...
1) dog face puffer
2) bicolor angel (the biggest of the batch at 4")
3) potter angel
4) blue green chromis

Yes, I realize that I am ignoring the advice on the chromis. I read a fair amount on them and I saw two views. The first is what was shared that they will fight until there is one. The second is that they need frequent feeding. If they are feed frequently, they get along but if not, they fight. I plan to use an automatic feeder. Time will tell.
 
-Keith- said:
Thanks again for the comments. After slowly setting up the tank and giving it plenty of time to cycle and age, I got the first batch of fish this weekend. They are quarantining. The new additions are...
1) dog face puffer
2) bicolor angel (the biggest of the batch at 4")
3) potter angel
4) blue green chromis

Yes, I realize that I am ignoring the advice on the chromis. I read a fair amount on them and I saw two views. The first is what was shared that they will fight until there is one. The second is that they need frequent feeding. If they are feed frequently, they get along but if not, they fight. I plan to use an automatic feeder. Time will tell.
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Its not so much the feeding, its the hiding places. Chromis kill each other on where they sleep. Its a pecking order.
 
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