tang and angel before mandarin pair?

[Modern-Revolution]

hey guys. not new to the hobby, but have always done nano tanks in the past and because of that, i've never kept tangs or angels.
i now have a 90g reef and i want to add a convict or kole tang with a lemon peel or flame angel... probably convict and flame.

now these fish should be added last from what i gather, which of these 2 should be first? or should i add them simultaneously?

ok, now for the real question. i will be adding a pair of mandarin dragonets. my old rsm130 breeds pods and macros and my reef sump also has a small fuge, so not worried about that. but, i don't want the sick and starving pod only kind anyway. i'm going to be getting a captive bred pair from ora farms that eats prepared foods. this route, however, requires me to wait a while for my guy to be able to get these guys.
so i wonder if it would be ok to add the tang and pygmy angel first? i'm hoping that since the fish are soo different that they wouldn't be harassed.


also, just to throw it out there, my pod/macro tank has zero fish, so if the angel was acting up, he could be isolated if need be

 

[sbeason]

I don't believe you will have any problem adding the mandarins afterwards. I have a blue eye kole tang and also a lemonpeel. Neither of them are aggressive and I added a queen angel and sohal afterwards and no problems.

Steve

 

[Reefing Newbie]

You should go with a kole tang. A convict will get too big for a 4ft tank. You should be fine with the mandarins being added after the tang and angel as they are very different. Now the lroblwm lies in the fact that keeping a pair in suck a small tank will be very challenging. A 75 gallon tank is the recommended minimum for one and a 125 is a recommended minimum for a pair. It will be quite difficult to sustain two mandarins in a 90 gallon tank. Just my 2 cents

 

[zachk]

If you have a nice amount of live rock/rubble and/or a fair amount of macroalgae you will be fine with a pair in a 75 gallon tank. I've got a pair in 3 separate 75 gallon tanks.