How does this stocklist sound??

1-small blue hippo tang
1-med mimic tang
1-diamond goby
1-scooter blenny
2-false perc clowns
1-sixline wrasse
3-green chromis

Tank specs. 55 gal reef setup with fairly large sump running a micron sock with a octopus NW-150 skimmer a mag 7 return pump 3 maxi-jet 1200 on a wave timer approx 100-150 lbs live rock and ??? amount of live sand (approx 2" sand bed)

I have some of these fish now and others are suggestions that Ive had I also have some snails hermits and a skiunk cleaner Im liking the schooling of the chromis and have heard good things about the sixline but Im not sure of the Bio load..... any thoughts are greatly appreciated Thank You

 

If I were you I wouldn't get a Hippo Tang in a 55 They get HUGE. I would just stick with one smaller tang.

 

Yeah that ones already in there shes pretty small right now but has definatly gotten alot bigger in the 5 months that Ive had her I am in pretty tight at the LFS so I figured as she got too big Ild take her back and start over sounds crazy I know but thats the one fish I had to get in order to convince my wife to let me do this...LOL what do you think about the bio load???? I was thinking that with the crazy overkill skimmer I might be able to pull it off?

 

As long as you return the Hippo when it gets too big I think you will be OK.

 

Cool thanks thats what I was planning to do I know that HUGE may even be an understatement there is one in the display tank at my LFS hes at least 10" long maybe even 12" he OWNS that tank hes not even aggressive but when he swims everyone else MOVES!! lol

 

its not so much the filtration you have to worry about when cramming a large fish into a smallish tank, its the dissolved oxygen and territories. if your hippo grows and is uncomfortable in the tank he might start killing the other fish, or get stressed and come down with ich.

if a hippo tang is a must have I would get a 100+ gallon tank and use the 55 (if you already have it) for a sump.

~Will.

 

I would also hold of on the scooter blenny at the very least until the tank is well established. They can starve pretty quickly if lacking in pods and are pretty tricky to get on to any sort of prepared food.

 

Is all that LR in your main tank? If so you would only have roughly 35 gallons of water and that would be way too many fish. Is the LR in your sump also? Even so it still too many fish. I have a 46 gallon and have 1 oscellaris, a Fairy Wrasse, Bi-Color blenny, and a Mandarin and I thinks its stocked just right so I would think in a 55 you should have about 5 small fish maybe 6

 

Maybe I didnt clarify but the tank is established and was established even before I got it and has been running for approx 1 year the scooter has been in there for some time now basically all Im looking to add is the sixline and the chromis everything else is already in there and doing great I am well aware of the Blue hippo and its issues and would love to have the 125gal tank that I can pick up for 100 bucks unfortunatly the $1000 for lighting is a bit much this is what I have for now the only thing I keep thinking is that I see plenty of other tanks way more overstocked than I think this will be and they seem to be doing just fine????? Maybe Im over estimating the poundage of rock but then again maybe not Im going by what the guy said when I bought the tank???? here is the most recent pic I have which is still kinda old....

 

Oh yeah and I must have gotten lucky with the scooter cause he's been eating brine scince the day I got him