Our "maybe" fish list

Hi all,

We have a 75 gal tank that we would like to make a reef in the future. As of now we are taking it slow. We have a 30 gal sump/fuge with reef octopus skimmer. Total water volume I'd say is 85 to 90 gals.

The tank has been up since Jan 5, 2013.

We have only 1 fish right now. A little false clownfish and we will be getting a second clown for him/her.

Now, here's our list in the order of fish we get that I think may be good. If I'm wrong please voice up

2 Clownfish

1 Yellow Prawn Goby (Cryptocentrus cinctus)

1 Clown Goby, Green (Gobiodon atrangulatus)

1 Male Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse (Paracheilinus carpenteri)

1 McCosker's Flasher Wrasse (Paracheilinus mccoskeri)

1 (maybe) firefish/purple firefish

1 Royal Gramma Basslet (Gramma loreto)

1 Green Mandarin (Synchiropus splendidus) OR
Red Mandarin (Synchiropus cf. splendidus)

1 Flame Angelfish (Centropyge loriculus) OR Coral Beauty Angelfish (Centropyge bispinosa)

 

I love the mandarin but make sure your tank is over a year old and has plenty of pods to eat. I'm sure some will chime in and say other wise but so many end up dead because people don't read up on their care.
This are all cool fish!

 

Thank you! I've been in the hobby for 5 or 6 years and we've read so much on the mandarins. I've seen SO many in the pet stores and told them, "your mandarins are really, really skinny. You need to feed them or give them live pods."

Some have even told me, "no, I'm sure they eat the flakes we put in."

I've also seen sun corals in pet stores that have taken almost a year to die because they never spot fed them.