New stock list after some lessons learned

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I have an 80G 4' display tank, currently I have two clowns, a mandarin goby, midas blenny, and a springeri dottyback in the display. I have in a QT tank: White tail bristletooth, coral beauty, pintail fairy wrasse, royal flasher wrasse. There was also a longnose hawkfish but if you've followed my old posts, I had to rehome it due to some aggressive behaviors.

I have on order, a purple tilefish, and yellow wrasse.

I am wanting to add: Pink Margined wrasse, Sunburst Anthias x1, and potentially one more wrasse (thinking eventually splurge on a rhomboid? If not one of those, maybe a Red Velvet Fairy?)

I don't believe I have listed any aggressive fish, so there shouldn't be any potential issues right?
 
That seems like a lot of fish to have 11 in an 80 gallon tank?
What are the dimension of the tank? I know it's 4 foot long. What about depth and height?
 
Besides having 11 fish in an 80 gallon tank and wanting to add more?
What are the dimension of the tank? I know it's 4 foot long. What about depth and height?
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The general rule/guideline that I have seen for fish stocking is no more than 1/2 an inch of total fish per gallon. So you are looking at 40 inches of stocking space. Figure out the total of fully grown fish to get an idea if you are getting near your end of adding new fish.

Thats just a genral guideline, you also need to take into account the species you are adding and if they need a deeper tank or longer tank etc.

Most of what you listed seems to get about 2-5”, but that could take some time if you got them very small.

You could always re-home some of the bigger species as they outgrow your tank
 

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