100g fish stocking list help

[Burrito]

Tank is 48x24x20 with sandbed

So I want to start adding more fish to my tank. The current crew is from my 30g and have been together about 6 months without issue. (Midas blenny is sometimes wierdly aggressive like once a month)

2 snowflake clowns (bonded)
1 watchman goby (about an inch)
1 exquisite fire fish
1 gold Midas blenny

I have a royal flasher wrasse in qt which should be coming out in about 2 weeks.


I want “active” fish since my current list don’t spend much time swimming and fish that may serve a purpose...eat algae, aptasia (if/when it shows up) etc. I have a very healthy pod population and don’t mind adding more if needed

I would like to add some more wrasse since many are colorful and active
Potential list of them would be

Melanurus wrasse
Yellow coris and/or Christmas wrasse- eat pods and pests
A fairy of some kind (open to suggestions)

Mandarin- cool fish, eats pods (would wrasses fight with these)

Sandsifting goby or jawfish- sandbed turnover

Foxface- eats algae, nice to look at

Blue jaw trigger fish (I know debateable on reef safeness) -just cool fish in general

Kole eye tang
Tomini tang or bristletooth tang
Yellow tang


I would like schooling or shoaling fish is at all possible. My understanding is chromis will pick each other off eventually, most damsels in my experience are terrors leaving anthias...
I like them and can keep up with feed requirements of a trio

So based on my wants and current fish list... what order should I go with and are there any potential conflicts? Can I keep all of these fish? Running a Nyos 160 skimmer and rotate out floss and socks.

Picture of layout (I have about 20lbs more rock in sump)

 

[JumboShrimp]

Both the Melanurus Wrasse and Kole Tang you mentioned would both be very active (= fun to watch)!

 

[JumboShrimp]

Both the M. Wrasse and Kole Tang you mentioned would be quite active and fun to watch!

 

[Burrito]

Thoughts?

 

[LBReefer]

I've heard that the wrasses will hunt down pods and can make it difficult for you to keep a mandarin. I've never had success with mandarins, so I'm probably not a great source.

 

[lolmatt]

Yeah wrasses will definitely make it hard to have a mandarin. Consider a captive bred one ,they eat prepared foods readily.

 

[Burrito]

i would be more open to keeping wrasses then vs a mandarin. multiple wrasses > 1 mandarin :p

 

[JumboShrimp]

Agreed.

Mandarin = beautiful ‘dream’ fish
Wrasse = beautiful ‘reality’ fish (lol)