Setting up 100 gallon shallow/long estuary aquarium

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I'm setting up my first aquarium as a fowlr tank similar to australian aquarists tank, would this be an appropriate stocking list
Valentini or blue spotted puffer
1-2 auriga or oriental butterfly
convict tang
diamond goby
1-4 mono argentus
a small wrasse
a coral beauty or rusty angel

Also, would a macro aqua m100 skimmer with a fluval fx4 be sufficient filtration.

P.S This is my first time using forums im sort of confused so sorry if this doesnt make sense
 
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Seems like traffic was low on posting day. But this forum needs more shallow reef focus!

How did it turn out?
Unfortunately not much progress has been made due to my living situation, I am unsure of where to place an aquarium as I live in a pretty crap 80's townhouse/condo and the only place I would feel comfortable to put an aquarium is in the basement but then I wouldn't see it and that's the whole point of an aquarium. I have made a few too many threads bouncing ideas around for different size and ideas of tanks but until I move house which will be sometime next year, nothing will be going ahead. I will continue to plan out the tank and potentially start purchasing equipment but I will wait till later to get the actual tank.

As of right now I am thinking something in the range of 300-500 gallons so quite a step up in terms of size, this is mostly because I would love to have a larger acanthurus tang like a dussumeri or a ringtail. The tank will still be quite shallow (around 16"/40cm of water if you account for sand bed). I'm thinking of having a mostly traditional reef for the most part with hard corals and a shallow ish sandbed but on one side of the tank build a glass barrier and have a deep sandbed for lots of clams and mangroves.

Anyways have a good one and I will notify you when I start a build thread.
 

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