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I need some consulting. Currently I have a 75g that's "overstocked". I have a 180g that I'm setting up. Im almost ready to take the 75g out. The fish will have to go in the two 20g longs or large rubbermaid while the 75 is taken apart. The 180g is getting set up in the same spot of the OG tank. Currently I have two 2" clowns, 2.5" Carpenters wrasse, 3-3.5" melanurus wrasse, 3-3.5" one spot foxface, 2.5" tomini tang, 3.5" powder brown tang, 3" regal tang, and a 2-2.5" yellow watchman goby. I have a fairly large clean up crew but still have hair algae. I like corals but due to having a 1 and 3 year old ive decided to skip these for a few years until I have more time or more automation. I will still keep zoas but not test water as frequently. The fish in my tank are getting along well. No additions since August and everything has been through qt except the clowns early on in the very beginning.

The fish i would like to add are blonde naso tang, maybe an angel, copperband butterfly, mandarin goby, leopard wrasse, maybe a few wrasse, orange shoulder tang, white tailed tang, desjardini tang, anthias. Im open to other suggestions. I think this is too many so please help me fine tune the list.
 

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Blond Naso: Will eventually outgrow your 180.
Angel: Which angel(s)? Keep in mind that once established, it will prevent you from adding any new fish.
Copperband: Are you prepared to manually feed it every day?
Mandarin: Are you prepared to continuously buy copepods to feed it?
Leopard wrasse: You will need a sandbed, or a little tupperware container filled with sand, sand still gets everywhere if you have a bare bottom.
Orange Shoulder tang: Will eventually outgrow your 180.
White tailed tang: One of my favorites!
Desjardini: Will eventually grow big--is currently the biggest fish in my tank least colorful.
Anthias: I recently picked one up and love it! Don't know why I didn't do it sooner.
 

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I think with what you already have, what you are wanting to add is way too many just my opinion though. Cut down on how many tangs you want
 

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