90 gallon FOWLR stocking evaluation.

[Zenny]

I'm a complete beginner to saltwater, but do have some freshwater experience. I'm currently planning a 90 gallon FOWLR setup with the following stocking. All fish will be Biota or ORA captive bred (with the exception of the zebra barred dartfish):

2 pink skunk clowns
1 watchman goby w/ pistol shrimp
1 matted filefish
4 pajama cardinals
1 coral beauty angelfish
1 mandarin dragonette

I plan on introducing some copepods because I've heard that's good for the mandarin, even if it was raised on prepared/frozen foods. I'm also using a thick sand layer to give the watchman and shrimp plenty of burrowing room. Does my list sound reasonable? Anything else I should know about these species?

 

[Zenny]

Ignore the part about the dartfish. That was a mistake I forgot to edit out.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

#reefsquad

 

[kevgib67]

Looks good, best of luck!

 

[jsker]

coral beauty angelfish

Coral beauties can be a little aggressive, if you are going stay with a FOWLR this one is a keeper
Mandarins do better in a more established tank, your on track with coper pods. There are a couple of articles here about building feeders for Mandarins.

 

[Rocks reef]

Mandarins need a well established, mature tank with a lot of rocks to hunt.
Adding copepods on a monthly or even every two weeks will be a necessity to sustain Mandarins long term, even if they eat prepared foods.
Mandarins are very slow eaters and may not get enough prepared foods with fast moving fish in the tank.