My stocking

Hey guys set up a new 150 gallon tank its cycling, it has a 50 gallon sump/refugium with a DSB a skimmer, carbon, soon i am going to add a monitor, ATO, and maybe a dosing pump. Here is my stocking please comment and suggest, also it is gonna be a reef.

2-ocellaris clowns- gonna be added first
1-watchman goby- second
1-fire fish-third
1-yellow tang-fourth
1-regal/blue tang-fifth
1- powder blue- sixth
maybe 1-mandarin

Let me know what you think, thanks in advance

 

Looks pretty good including the schedule. It might be best to add the tangs all at once to prevent aggression issues if you can get them small enough. The tank size should be a good aid to limit aggression.

 

Um so no over stocking in that list? And is the mandarin ok, i will try to get all the tangs at once but the come to my LFS at around 3 inches. Also i would love to see your FW tanks i came from FW. I still have a 110 planted.

 

Once the tank is established and if you have a lot of rock and copepods the mandarin should be fine.

http://www.3reef.com/forums/planted...anted-tank-new-pics-6-27-page-3-a-135840.html

http://www.3reef.com/forums/planted-tank/johns-75-planted-tank-new-pic-update-6-23-12-a-103367.html

 

Check out his tank threads they are awesome!!The only problem with tangs is they are very suseptible to Ich especially when stressed and IMO need more swimming space then most other fish.It may be in your best interest to stick to one or two in your sized aquarium as the Yellow Tang,and Powder Blue are much more frisky then the blue which can grow to almost a foot long.Either way I would definitely wait a while if you are going to add all those tangs at once. Doing this with an immature tank could be dangerous and I would want the cycle to be a little more mature to make sure you don't cause a mini cycle to occur.Also I would wait at least a couple of months before adding a Mandarin to your system. Allowing the pod population to grow first will ensure it has enough food. I would also suggest adding a bottle of tigger pods or the like as this will help speed up the process.Good luck and plenty of pictures please.

 

Wow all of your tanks are cool, but isn't a pleco too big for a planted nano? Thanks for you support.

 

Thanks, it only grows to around 4". The genus is Ancistrus.

Glad to provide support. Please create a show your tank thread for all of your tanks I know they will be appreciated.

 

Yah did a lot of reading the regal is exceptionally at risk. But other than the yellow and blue tang the rest are caught around 200 miles from where i live and the dealer quarantines the fish before he sends it to my LFS and my LFS holds them for a couple days before they get sold so the fish should not be that stressed and disease should be prominent if it were there. Any way thanks, and the fish will be added in the same order and in 3 week intervals and i shall add the mandarins last Thanks again.

 

Will do;D