I WANT MORE FISH!! What should I add next to my 300G Mixed Reef w/ Inverts? Angels, Clowns, Butterfly’s, RabbitFish/FoxFaces, Blennies/Gobies? Lmk!

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Tangs:
Tomini Tang
Hippo Tang
Sailfin Tang
Future Additions:
(Blue Atlantic)
(Orange Shoulder)
(Purple Tang)
(2x Yellow Tang)
Would love a Clown Tang, don’t know if he could go in with all these or if he’s a good choice…


AngelFish:
Flame Angel
SwallowTail Angel
Orange-back Angel
Lamarck Angel (2) Pair
Future Additions:
Regal AngelFish


Butterflyfish:
Copper Band ButterFly


Clowns:
Ocellaris ClownFish (2) Pair


Damsels:
Yellow Tail Damsels (2)
Yellow Belly Damsel


FoxFaces:
One-Spot FoxFace


Blennies/Gobies:
Lawnmower Blenny
Mandarin Dragonet
Midas Blenny


Cardinal Fish:
Pajama Cardinal (6)


HawkFish:
Flame Hawk (2)
LongNose Hawk (1)


Invertebrates:
Tuxedo Urchun (2)
Blue/Red Leg Hermit Crabs (?)
Serpent StarFish (3)
Emerald Crab (?)
Snails (?)
Nassarius Snails (22)
Sand Sifting StarFish (1)
Cleaner Shrimp (2)
Peppermint Shrimp (1)
 

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You have a extremely big tank but i would still pass on the clown tang because of aggression.

Other than that everything on the list looks good.

It’s hard to suggest fish when there are unlimited options for a tank that size, but I think a large group of lyretail anthias and a marine betta would be a cool.

Since you’re planning to have so many fish, personally I’d make sure to either buy QT’d fish or quarantine all new additions yourself if you haven’t already, because a disease outbreak would be an absolute nightmare.
 
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You have a extremely big tank but i would still pass on the clown tang because of aggression.

Other than that everything on the list looks good.

It’s hard to suggest fish when there are unlimited options for a tank that size, but I think a large group of lyretail anthias and a marine betta would be a cool.

Since you’re planning to have so many fish, personally I’d make sure to either buy QT’d fish or quarantine all new additions yourself if you haven’t already, because a disease outbreak would be an absolute nightmare.
Thanks for your input, it is very overwhelming lol. I need more Yellow/Orange!! Sadly I have been through about 15 LyreTails in the past 2 years, drop like flies and who knows why. I feed Frozen Twice Daily Reef Frenzy. I have a 40Gal Set up downstairs that I QT all new additions in for roughly 21 days to be safe. I haven’t had one since Day 1 and Tanks been up for 6 years now so fingers crossed I will definitely look into a Marine Betta and most likely try a few more Antias later down the road.
 

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I’d forget lyretail anthias - they don’t group too well however a group of Square Spots would look stunning for reds/yellows and I’ve yet to fail with grouping them.

Angel wise, why not go for a pair of regals? Also I’d look at more dwarfs/medium sized angels -the ones that I personally love are;
Multicolour
Multibar
Venusta
Fishers
Majestic
Watanabei
Shepherds/Rusty
Scribbled
Singapore

also, another thing I’d maybe consider to add is a harem of assessors.
 

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what's your budget? im thinking schooling fish, OOOORR, go to your lfs and just buy fish, buy any fish that u like the look of(that arent too agressive or something...)
but I feel like this tank will look overstocked after a while, but imo, I dont like tanks that have too many fish, that look crowded
 
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what's your budget? im thinking schooling fish, OOOORR, go to your lfs and just buy fish, buy any fish that u like the look of(that arent too agressive or something...)
but I feel like this tank will look overstocked after a while, but imo, I dont like tanks that have too many fish, that look crowded
No budget, obviously not a Peppermint Angel
 
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I’d forget lyretail anthias - they don’t group too well however a group of Square Spots would look stunning for reds/yellows and I’ve yet to fail with grouping them.

Angel wise, why not go for a pair of regals? Also I’d look at more dwarfs/medium sized angels -the ones that I personally love are;
Multicolour
Multibar
Venusta
Fishers
Majestic
Watanabei
Shepherds/Rusty
Scribbled
Singapore

also, another thing I’d maybe consider to add is a harem of assessors.
I was thinking about a pair of Regals!! But it’s always a risk with the Angels in a Mixed Reef. Some of these i’ve seen work in Mixed Reefs, which ones are the best options though…
 

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I was thinking about a pair of Regals!! But it’s always a risk with the Angels in a Mixed Reef. Some of these i’ve seen work in Mixed Reefs, which ones are the best options though…
Regals I’ve yet to have issues with - they only really become an issue if you’re not willing to avoid certain coral IME.
Coral like Acans/Micromussa, Scolys/Trachys, and Zoas/Palys are often targeted.

Out of that list I gave I’ve not had issues with;
- Multicolour
- Venusta
- Multibar
- Watanabei

And ones that I’ve had more success than not;
- Majestic
- Fisher
- Scribbled
- Shepherds

Ones that I haven’t trialled in a reef yet;
- Rusty
- Singapore

Here’s my current angels, in a mixed (LPS dominant) reef.
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