100g stocklist questions

108g_reefer · Friday at 9:58 PM

I have a 108g reef tank, it is 52"L 24"W 20"D I have two clownfish, a mandarin dragonet, a tailspot blenny, a scooter blenny, and a diamond watchman goby. I would really like to add a royal gramma, three springeri damsels, a onespot foxface, some sort of wrasse probably a fairy wrasse, either a yellow tang or kole tang, and maybe a midas blenny. My question is will all of this work together, which tang should I choose, what order should I add the fish in, can I add multiple fish at once, and will a midas blenny mess with the tailspot blenny. Thank you for reading.

Biokabe · Monday at 12:47 PM

In terms of overall stocking that's not too bad for a 108g tank, especially given how small most of your fish are. I am a bit concerned about your pod population, but if you have a strong live rock foundation you should be producing enough for your pod feeders (mandarins and scooter blennies are both heavy pod feeders).

For your tang - you can get away with a yellow or a kole tang, but availability is difficult on both right now (assuming you're after a yellow-eye kole tang). Expect to pay $200-$400 for either a yellow or a kole tang. There are other tangs you can get that will do a similar job for a lot less money. Most of the bristletooth (Ctenochaetus) tangs will work for your tank, and the only one that doesn't is rarely available for the same reason that the other two tangs I mentioned. There are also some Acanthurus tangs (Lavender, Mimic, Convict) that stay small enough for a 108g. As for which you should get? Whichever you like the look of best.

Avoid mixing similar blennies (your scooter blenny is an exception since it isn't actually a blenny). It sometimes works out with a larger tank, but blennies tend to not like other blennies with a similar behavioral profile. Rock-perching blennies like tailspots and Midas and starry and lawnmower and a few other similar ones tend to like the same spots and will squabble (sometimes to the death) over prime territory. Fang blennies have a different enough niche that they will sometimes be able to co-exist with other blennies, but even there I wouldn't really recommend it.

As for order: It's generally recommended to add tangs towards the end of your stocking plan. You can add more than one fish at once, but I personally don't like to push it too much. If it all worked out perfectly, I'd add in the foxface first (it'll help with algae control, and it's one of the bigger fish in your plan), then the gramma and the damsels, then the wrasse, then the tang.