fish wish list

sorry if i should have kept this on the other thread i made but i wanted it to re-capture everyones eye. well heres my stocking idea

45gal 36x24x12 inches

2x ocellaris clowns
1x flame hawkfish
1x valentini puffer
1x bi color angel
1x mandarion goy or some other type of goby
1x royal gramma basslet

those are just a few that i like especially the puffer and clowns so i kind of want to build it around that i have been keeping brackish puffers for 3 years now so i want to step my game up lol

if thats to many let me know what fish i should change my mind about first

 

Don't get a mandarin, I would get a coral beauty or flame angelfish.

 

7 fish in a 45 is a bit of really heavy bio load, just make sure you can filter all that poop

 

Im not goin to have all of them those are just ones that i like, how many would be an acceptable number

 

1/2" of fish per 2 gallons of water is a "green zone" bioload. assuming each of those fish you listed are 2" fish, about 4 of them, with one "jewel" fish at 3-4 inches.

something like
2 clowns
1 royal gramma
1 cardinal of your choice
and you "big" fish would be your bicolor angel <--not reef safe BTW

 

I really really want that puffer so i will ditch the angel and go with the valentini

 

Thats y i was doing fowlr and not a reef becausemof the puffer

 

that'd work, i really like puffers too but i dont know alot about them, what i do knwo is that when some of them die and or get stressed (which happens alot in new tanks) then they secret a toxin that'll kill all tank mates, thats too risky for my blood.

 

I know ALOT about freshwater and brackish puffers lol....i have a tattoo of my figure 8 puffer who died and the whole reason i got interested in salt tanks is because the little puffers are so colorful and look really cool

 

Stocking marine tanks is based on surface area, how active the fish is, amount of waste produced, and how much filtration you have.