Critique my stock list

[dnledman]

Hey everyone, I have a Waterbox 230.6 and currently in the process of building this beast out. Trying to plan my stock list as I want to be intentional about the fish I put in here as the long term goal is SPS dominated with two or maybe 3 haddoni. Also hope to have a crap ton of cleaner shrimp :).

2 ocellaris
2 skunk clownfish
1 regal angelfish
1 purple tang
1 yellow tang
1 copper band butterfly
2-3 yellow head jawfish (I am envisioning a small 1’x1’ part of the tank to have a 6” sandbed”)
2-3 bangaii cardinals
2 rhomboid fairy wrasse
3 bimac anthias
1 mandarin dragonette

Then debating 1 of these:
Blue throat trigger
Emperor angel (I know they get big but it is a dream fish)
Gold flake angel

Let me know if you would suggest anything different or anything you think may be insane here with my goals above.

 

[fishywishy]

Your tank is pretty big, but I would stick to just one pair of clownfish in your tank to avoid aggression between them.

You already know this, but emperors get pretty big and aren’t the most reef-safe fish. You could keep it while it’s small, but you’ll probably have to rehome it once it gets bigger.

i would go for the gold flake instead because while there’s a good chance it wont, the trigger may go for your cleaner shrimps.

If you end up going for the gold flake make sure you buy a qt’d one or quarantine it yourself because they are notorious for having internal parasites.

Make sure the copperband is already eating before you get it.

Everything else on you list is fine.

 

[dnledman]

Your tank is pretty big, but I would stick to just one pair of clownfish in your tank to avoid aggression between them.

You already know this, but emperors get pretty big and aren’t the most reef-safe fish. You could keep it while it’s small, but you’ll probably have to rehome it once it gets bigger.

i would go for the gold flake instead because while there’s a good chance it wont, the trigger may go for your cleaner shrimps.

If you end up going for the gold flake make sure you buy a qt’d one or quarantine it yourself because they are notorious for having internal parasites.

Make sure wherever you get the copperband from its already eating.

Everything else on you list is fine.

Yea the blue throat is out. Love my shrimps. Gonna debate the two angels and probably stick with just ocellaris

 

[KrisReef]

Standard Critical Thinking about reef tanks with fish:

We always overestimate the amount of coral and fish that can fit comfortably into these tiny tanks we typically have. ( Monterey Bay Aquarium could probably fit into Monterey Bay 10000x, just to help us understand the volume discrepancy between an average tank and a huge tank and the volume of oceanic reefs.

Less is better, otherwise it is good to plan ahead and think about what you can have.

I am not good at planning, so don’t think I am talking to you as much as us.

 

[littlefoxx]

One pair of clowns. Emp angel gets 15 inches!! Dream fish of mine too. Ive tried a few times with emps but they keep getting sick and dying! Just lost my juv Thanksgiving to velvet. Fine for 3 months then somehow the tank gets velvet and of course took the emp out first as my luck seems to be with them. Just fyi. I would go with a different angel. Goldflakes are beautiful. So are regals!