Adding Fish!! 3 months old new tank. Help…

[tangsandclowns2025]

I’m looking to get a copper band butterfly, yellow tang and a couple of mandarin.

I currently have 2 clowns, 2 green chromis and yellow watchman goby, and diamondback goby.

Is now a good time to start and what order would be best?

80gal tank

 

[JumboShrimp]

Greetings! As a general rule, you want to mention what size tank you have for this type of question; most people giving advice will want to know. ;)

 

[Hairyteeth]

For the mandarin of their captive bread then most likely np, if their wild caught your tank is too young for a thriving pod population to feed them

 

[BryanM]

I’m looking to get a copper band butterfly, yellow tang and a couple of mandarin.

I currently have 2 clowns, 2 green chromis and yellow watchman goby, and diamondback goby.

Is now a good time to start and what order would be best?

Tank size and pics of rockscape would help.

But I would strongly urge you to research both the CBB and the Mandarin. They are **NOT** easy fish to keep alive.

 

[JayM]

Tank size and pics of rockscape would help.

But I would strongly urge you to research both the CBB and the Mandarin. They are **NOT** easy fish to keep alive.

Agreed. There are some fish/corals within the hobby where if you're asking if it's ok to add "X", the answer is "No". If you've been doing any sort of reading to gain some knowledge about the hobby, you've certainly run across some of the common difficult to keep sea creatures.

 

[tangsandclowns2025]

Greetings! As a general rule, you want to mention what size tank you have for this type of question; most people giving advice will want to know. ;)

Of course…rookie mistake. 80 gal

 

[tangsandclowns2025]

Tank size and pics of rockscape would help.

But I would strongly urge you to research both the CBB and the Mandarin. They are **NOT** easy fish to keep alive.

 

[jabberwock]

Good looking set up, but I feel like you are going way to fast. Typically you want the most aggressive fish to go in last.

 

[BryanM]

Agreed, nice looking setup, plenty of swimming and hiding places.

CBB's are hard to get to feed.
Mandarins require pods, lots of them, mature systems, etc.

Both of these fish prove problematic for a lot of reefers.