Is my 250g full?

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I have an 84x26x26 display tank (~250g). Trying to decide if I can add more fish or not. Visually, the tank doesn't look full, but I don't want to stress my fish and some of the ones I have will grow a lot more (such as the juvenile emperor). Considering adding another tang, a copperband butterfly, and maybe another wrasse or two.

1 Emperor Angelfish (Juvenile)
1 Blue Throat Triggerfish (Male)
1 Moorish Idol
1 Foxface
1 Whitetail Bristletooth Tang
1 Yellow Tang
1 Purple Tang
2 Exquisite Wrasse
2 Blue Star Leopard Wrasse
1 Flame Angel (dwarf)
1 Engineer Goby
1 Diamond Goby
1 Firefish
1 Yellow Watchman
2 Clownfish
1 Lawnmower Blenny
 
With your first two fish alone I would not consider a copper band they are very shy and aggressive fish like triggers and angels are a no go for a skittish fish like the copper band
 
With your first two fish alone I would not consider a copper band they are very shy and aggressive fish like triggers and angels are a no go for a skittish fish like the copper band
None of my fish are displaying any signs of aggression towards each other right now, even when feeding. The blue throat trigger has been my most recent addition and its honestly been extremely passive in the ~2 months I've had it.
 
Still if you do anything else’s I would do another tang mabye a hippo or naso cbb are just very shy fish and even if the trigger and angel aren’t outright aggressive the feeding response is more erratic for those particular fish than it is for the cbb
 
Not close to full, only the emperor will get big enough to be a worry about taking up significant space or bio load. Full is relative though, is this a reef? Is space the issue or bioload? You will never have a space issue except the emperor could outgrow that tank.
 
If you're adding a butterfly for aiptasia, i'd recommend a stripey instead. They can hold their own against some of those more aggresive fish, they eat aiptasia like crazy, and they act like a dither fish.
 
I have an 84x26x26 display tank (~250g). Trying to decide if I can add more fish or not. Visually, the tank doesn't look full, but I don't want to stress my fish and some of the ones I have will grow a lot more (such as the juvenile emperor). Considering adding another tang, a copperband butterfly, and maybe another wrasse or two.

1 Emperor Angelfish (Juvenile)
1 Blue Throat Triggerfish (Male)
1 Moorish Idol
1 Foxface
1 Whitetail Bristletooth Tang
1 Yellow Tang
1 Purple Tang
2 Exquisite Wrasse
2 Blue Star Leopard Wrasse
1 Flame Angel (dwarf)
1 Engineer Goby
1 Diamond Goby
1 Firefish
1 Yellow Watchman
2 Clownfish
1 Lawnmower Blenny
I keep a Copperband with tangs in 200g.
He’s not shy at all.
Great fish addition. Unique personality

Plus no Aptasia
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