Order of introduction

[gflat65]

I'm consolidating tanks and am about to start adding fish. What do you all think about this plan?

125 fish
purple tang
pair of GSM
Exquisite male fairy
Male M. ornatus (leopard)
female/tansitioning male? M. bipartitus
yellow spotted watchman goby
green mandarin


120 fish
Tomini tang
Fusigobius sp. (goby)
pair of tomato clowns
mystery wrasse

I figure that of the larger fishes, the leopards need to go in first.

I had given thought to putting both pairs of clowns in the tank (280gal-72x36x25H), but am having serious second thoughts. If I had anemones for each pair, I might still be leaning towards that. The tomatoes may be going into the tank room.

Purple tang and mystery wrasse need to be last introduced (Petie is the bigeest PITA I've got, followed closely by the mystery).

Does that sound like a decent plan? Hoping to get started moving the fish tonight. Unfortunately, the leopards are the hardest to catch/find...

 

[Murfman]

If you are moving everything at once, you should be able to add all the fish at once. It is only an issue, when you are adding fish in an established territory.

 

[gflat65]

Thanks Murfman. That would make this much easier:). If no one has a clue what's happening, I can slip one past them.

What are your thoughts on two pairs of clowns in the same tank? One pair would be GSM (which I know are pains), but the other pair could be either ocellaris or tomato. All are about the same age (all came from the same breeder at the same time~1.5 yrs old). So far, the GSM's aren't agressive towards anyone but themselves (FWTW). With the tank having the footprint it does, I keep thinking I might be able to pull it off, but am most likely delusional;).