Stocking a 72 reef

I have several questions. First a little background. I have a 72 bow front and 20 gallon sump refugium. Reef octopus skimmer, about 80 lbs of live rock with polyps, mushrooms, a lot of which came from a 7 year old tank. My tank has been up and running for 9 months. Great lighting, reef keeper, ato and I'm running all ro/di to the tank. All parameters are zero, ph 8.2, kh 210 or so.

I have been also running a hang on back filter for about 2 weeks in order to get some good biological filtration going on it so I can transfer it to a Qt to house a new shipment of fish.

Currently the tank has numerous and varied snails and crabs, one serpent star, a skunk cleaner shrimp, and a royal gramma.

Now I am ready to stock the tank, and I am looking for advice. I plan to order from live aquaria, but I am unsure if I can order several fish at once, and what the order of adding to the tank should be. Also I want to ensure my selections are good ones. So here is my wish list:

Hippo tang (until he gets too big for the 72 at which time I will sell/ transfer him)
Yellow tang
Bartlett anthias
Pajama cardinals (2 or 3)
Tank raised clown
Fire shrimp

I would like to keep costs down on shipping' but there is no way I can add this many fish at once especially with more fragile fish like the tanks. What would you suggest I do? Break into two shipments? Keep in mind I will qt them first, and I don't have live rock in th qt to aid in biological filtration. Just the hang on filter which is oversized ( for a 75 gallon, and the qt is a 20 gallon).

Adivce would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

 

However I suppose the safest route, especially considering my past disaster with Brooklynella, is to qt one fish at a time over a two week period, then placing another order....paying shipping again....rinse and repeat.....sigh.


Also want a lemon peel and flame angeland a fire fish or 2. If I add the angels together will the get along ok? Going to have to trim down the list. Too many fish for the tank.

Maybe I should do this:

Stage 1) clown and fire shrimp
Stage 2) cardinal fish and fire fish
Stage 3) lemon peel and flame angel
Stage 4) yellow tang
Skip the hippo tang and anthias. Maybe have to skip the yellow tang too?

 

BETTER, I'd def skip the hippo, and i think you'd be ok with the YT, but I'd only get 1 dwarf angel, they may not play well together.

 

I would not get the hippo yellow would be ok look into the scopas tang too or a mimic tang.

 

NO!

A tang is too small for that size tank..It will stress your bioload, and can cause problems.

And I never had good luck with Anthias, but that is just me experince don't know about all of you guy's experience?

A sand sifter goby is a great choice, like a Diamond watchman or Engineer they are funny to watch too! Basslets are also enjoyable,bit territoral sometime though. Dartfish are also a option.


Do research before buying anything please.