Help Stock My 200g Reef

Im planning my fish stock for my elos 160xl, tank is rimless 200g 63"x31.5"x23.5". Corals will be mixed with mostly sps. I will be moving everything from my current 100g 60"x18"x20".

heres my list:

1 Powder Blue Tang (3.5", in my 100g)
1 Pacific Blue Tang (3", in my 100g)
1 Black Tang or Purple Tang
1 other Acanthurus if possible?Is a Mimmic or blue Caribbean different enough from a PBT? I really like the Achilles and the other black ones, Would it be likely they get along if all introduced into the new tank at the same time?

9 Lyretail Anthias (1m, 8f)

1 Mandarin Goby( m) (2.5", in my 100g)
1 Mandarin Goby (f) possible to pickout a female that will get along with my male?
1 Diamond Goby (2.5", in my 100g)
1 Goby shrimp pair? Trying to decide which ones.
2 Midas Blenny (pair) or 2 or 3 Black Combtooth blenny or a mix of both?



2 Maroon Clowns if it makes sense, if not ill go for a less aggressive clown or ditch the idea. Im worried they bother my frogspawn/torch and i don't think i want an anemone in there.

Thats pretty much the list right now, Im still thinking of adding a wrasse that eats flatworms or other fish that will benefit the community.

Please let me know your opinion and feel free to suggest fish that would go well in my system.

 

I probably would do the achilles over the PBT... just because of aggression, but that is me.

 

and if you put the powder blue in with the achilles at the same time the aggression will be minimal

 

I all ready have the PBT so i wouldn't want to give it up. Im giving up on the idea of keeping achilles with a PBT. Just a bad idea in general. However i somewhat finalized my tang list to a Powder Blue, Hippo, Black, and a Mimic. What do you think about this list? Should i add all at same time?

 

I wouldn't put an achilies with powder blue in a 5' tank unless it had a 5 x 5 footprint. I like purple tangs over blacks . . . I never really understood why black tangs are so popular tho. If your adding them all at the same time, make sure the tank is well established to handle that sudden jump in the bio-load. adding some MB7 might be necessary to avoid problems.

~Will.

 

What is mb7?

 

I like Purples too but i need to have a black fish in my tank and i like their long nose. I do think the purples are better looking 1v1 but my reef just has to have a black fish. If i have too hard of a time getting a nice black ill go for a purple.

Ill prob hook up my 100g to the 200g and keep my current tangs in the 100g until other 2 tangs are done with qt and then throw them all in together.

 

I have a 150 gal show tank, will it be a mistake to convert to a reef tank beacuse of
its width is only 18 inches
Thx

 

How tall is your tank? How thick is the bracing? I think it would. You would be limited though and maintenance might be a little harder, but not too bad if you dont go crazy with corals.