Help me with my revised Fish Stock List (6 foot, sand bottom, HNSA)

[beesnreefs]

I've got my new RedSea Reefer S 850 G2 up and running (build thread here if you're interested). After a month of lights-out to let the micro and miso biome get a head start I fired up the lights this weekend. It's got me thinking about my fish plan. I've revised it from the original plan when I first started planning out this tank. Think I settled on a final list.

This is a 6' tank with an HNSA aquascape. There are several caves, overhands, and swim-throughs of various sizes with fish in mind. I also used CaribSea OceanDirect live sand and have a sandbed between 2-3 inches deep. After cycling, I seeded the tank with live sand/mud both from Aquabiomics and IPSF. I've also added six 16-ounce jars of 5-7 species copepods as well as a couple of bags of amphipods from IPSF.

I will continue to seed the tank with copepods, likely adding a jar every month or two moving forward.

I also plan to feed the tank 2-3 times a day utilizing a mix of high-quality frozen food (Rod's + mysis + calanus), pellets (TDO), and algae tabs/wafers.

After careful consideration, planning, and reading, here's the planned fish list (with some notes):

1. Lyretail Anthias x 3 (one male, two females already in the tank - added from TSM Aquatics almost 3 weeks ago)
2. Midas blenny (in QT right now and will be ready to be added in 2 weeks)
3. Genicanthus angel, female, one version of the Swallowtail
4. Royal gramma*
5. Falco hawkfish*
6. Ornate leopard wrasse
7. Radiant wrasse
8. Melanarus wrasse*
9. Exquisite fairy wrasse
10. Lineatus or Golden Rhombodalis fairy (undecided on which one)
11. White-tailed bristletooth tang*
12. Gem tang
13. Blonde naso tang

*Fish with a star are currently living in my 65g mixed reef and will be moved over eventually

Thoughts, concerns, advice welcome! Thanks R2R community!!

 

[Tcook]

Good list. Consider getting two different genicanthus angels. I like the way they interact and follow each other. For a 180 I would get 5-7 lyretails.

Look into getting an Avast Plank to feed the TDO.

 

[beesnreefs]

Good list. Consider getting two different genicanthus angels. I like the way they interact and follow each other. For a 180 I would get 5-7 lyretails.

Look into getting an Avast Plank to feed the TDO.

Thanks for the ideas! I'd love to have more than one Genicanthus...thought about doing a male/female pair of the same species.

Are you suggesting I get two females of different species?

 

[Tcook]

Thanks for the ideas! I'd love to have more than one Genicanthus...thought about doing a male/female pair of the same species.

Are you suggesting I get two females of different species?

You could. I have a bellus and a Watanabe

 

[i cant think]

Thanks for the ideas! I'd love to have more than one Genicanthus...thought about doing a male/female pair of the same species.

Are you suggesting I get two females of different species?

You could do either, the tank is big enough.
The rest of the list looks good to me too.