180g stocking list

[muggle0981]

Currently

corabeauty
Fire shrimp
2 clowns
3 green chromis
Scopas tang
Yellow belly blue regal
Yellow coris wrasse

thinking rounding out stocking with

another wrasse-leopard-or melanurus

possibly a sand sifting goby of some sort

and one more tang
-whitecheek
-convict
-blue carribean
-orange shoulder

any thoughts on tangs or experience with them?

your favorite reef fish?

probably would be done stocking around 12 fish...

 

[Vette67]

I have 5 tangs in my 180. Purple, lavender, blue hippo, Thompson’s and orange striped bristletooth. Plus my foxface counts as like 2 tangs.

out of your list, my choice would be the convict. I’m contemplating adding one to my tank. I reply like those tangs.

I’m contemplating a coral beauty too. What kind of coral do you have and does your coral beauty leave it alone? Another fish I have that I really like is my Royal gramma. They stay small, and are active and very colorful.

But your list looks good.

 

[muggle0981]

I have sps and lps

mushrooms, hammers, zoas, toadstool

coral beauty has left alone

 

[Jeffcb]

more tangs!

 

[jaxteller007]

I've got 6 tangs in our 180. Lt tang, vlaminigi tang, 2 yellows, flame tang, blue hippo. Then magnificent foxface, blue throat trigger and some various smaller fish.
If you kept them fed and keep the nutrients exported you can have a great lineup.

 

[Zionas]

I love angels haha. I’d love a pair of dwarfs + Spotbreast female in my tank, currently deciding which dwarf.

 

[Zionas]

OP, I think you could do both the Leopard and Melanurus Wrasse.

Some bottom dwellers like the shrimp and goby combo, blennies, and Mandarin Dragonet / Scooter Blennies (best to find ORA Captive Bred) would be cool.

IMO Purple > Scopas for color but hey if you’re happy why not. My choice would still be a Purple. Lavender / Mimic Tang, Powder Blue / Powder Brown / Japonicus if you can handle the difficulty (I see you have a Regal so perhaps you could), Convict with a healthy and feeding specimen + luck. Tomini, Kole, White Tail, Square Tail really any smaller Cthenochaetus would work for your tank.

A pair of a smaller Genicanthus angel species like a Spotbreast pair, Bellus pair, Watanabei pair, maybe even Semifasciatus if you can find them. Lamarck’s get larger.

Foxface- One Spot, Magnificent, Bicolor etc.

Captive Bred Goldflake Angel, Singapore Angel (Poma Labs).

Yellow Pyramid / Zoster Butterfly, Copperband or Flavissimus Longnose Butterfly, Roaps subgenus butterflies (Tinker, Mitratus, Burgess, Declivis). @pcon (PM him) is your butterfly guy. @JMM744 and @SDguy also keep quite a few.


Any dwarf angel could fit in a 180, you could even go for a pair or maybe a harem. Ask @pcon (you have to PM him), @OrionN they’re the experts.

Your preference seems to be lower number of larger fish vs larger number of smaller fish. Hope this helps a bit.

 

[Woodchip]

What is this coral?

 

[Zionas]

Looks like some kind of Palys if I’m correct.

 

[muggle0981]

It answers my question, with fish less is more

My lfs said they were uncommon

nuclear death palys, love them

 

[muggle0981]

They are much more green than picture shows, nice deep green

 

[Zionas]

Yeah I mean more space to swim and less competition would be less stressful.

 

[Woodchip]

I have been reading that those palys can be very toxic and I was wondering if that one is?

 

[Zionas]

All are toxic if not handled correctly. Don’t frag unless you know how to, and always wear gloves and goggles when handling them.

 

[muggle0981]

Have had no issues

thibk ive had for about 8 months now

 

[Woodchip]

All are toxic if not handled correctly. Don’t frag unless you know how to, and always wear gloves and goggles when handling them.

Are they toxic to the fish or Judy to us!

 

[Woodchip]

I meant to use a question mark not exclamation point.

 

[Woodchip]

I also meant to say just not Judy.

 

[Bfragale]

Powder brown tangs are beautiful and on my list for my new tank that is currently cycling. And I believe 180 is good for them.

I really enjoy my yellow eye kole tank and my Tomini tang. I think going with more tangs is a good thing- more workers in your tank lol.
Take care and happy reefing! Can’t wait to see what you end up with.