Livestock for a new reef tank!

+1 to wrasses, i love the blueside wrasses

 

So my other question is should I add corals before fish

 

That is totally up to you. Adding one before the other does not stabilize either.

The only really consideration is that corals really add no bio-load, therefore you can add some attractive corals to keep it interesting while the biological filter grows and becomes more established which is always better for fish.

JM2C but like I said in my previous post, I find corals easier. Best advise I can give on adding fish is to wait 2 weeks between additions to allow for the biological filter to adjust.

 

Melanurus Wrasse is apparently one of the best SPS tank fish you can get given that they eat flatworms and other small worms. but they will eat small snails and crabs also. I just picked one up today, I don't have any corals, and he is hands down one of the best looking fish ive seen

 

Ok cool, my new pheonix bulbs should arrive this week and ill add corals after I replace them! Any advise when adding corals?

 

Just stay away from six line wrasse as they can be little *******s...from my experience, every fish is its own fish though