Stocking advice for 75 gallon saltwater aquarium

[VivvyBug]

Hello! I've recently started upgraded to a 75 gallon saltwater aquarium and currently I have
1 lemon peel dwarf angelfish
and 1 clownfish
inside the tank.

I plan to eventually add more fish but I I'm struggling with figuring out the best compatibility for my saltwater tank to have a thriving tank without the risk of any of the fish fighting or killing each other.
currently I've been making a list of some fish I'm interested in adding to the tank but I don't know about there compatibility with each other and if they'll all mix well so if anyone has any advice they can share it would be greatly appreciated!

lemon peel angelfish x 1

clownfish x 2

banggai cardinals x 2

Green chromis x 3 or 5

a tang of some sort ?

mandarin goby x 1 when I have a more established copepod population down the line

flasher wrasse x 1

overall my goal is to have a colorful and lively tank while also not overstocking or ending up with aggression in the tank.

i also have a 37 gallon tank at the moment that only houses a Wyoming white clownfish so advice as well for stocking ideas would be helpful if anyone has any advice to share :)

 

[TX_REEF]

Hello! I've recently started upgraded to a 75 gallon saltwater aquarium and currently I have
1 lemon peel dwarf angelfish
and 1 clownfish
inside the tank.

I plan to eventually add more fish but I I'm struggling with figuring out the best compatibility for my saltwater tank to have a thriving tank without the risk of any of the fish fighting or killing each other.
currently I've been making a list of some fish I'm interested in adding to the tank but I don't know about there compatibility with each other and if they'll all mix well so if anyone has any advice they can share it would be greatly appreciated!

lemon peel angelfish x 1

clownfish x 2

banggai cardinals x 2

Green chromis x 3 or 5

a tang of some sort ?

mandarin goby x 1 when I have a more established copepod population down the line

flasher wrasse x 1

overall my goal is to have a colorful and lively tank while also not overstocking or ending up with aggression in the tank.

i also have a 37 gallon tank at the moment that only houses a Wyoming white clownfish so advice as well for stocking ideas would be helpful if anyone has any advice to share :)

All the fish you have there are good. I'd add the second clownfish ASAP, best if they grow up together to prevent aggression. As far as tangs go, most are not appropriate for a 75 gallon, but you could do a yellow tang, kole tang, or tomini tang which stay small enough to be happy in a 75. You don't want to buy a tang that gets too large with the hopes of "rehoming is later", just don't

For your 37, is it also fish only? You could probably add a wrasse, blenny or goby of some sort.

 

[VivvyBug]

All the fish you have there are good. I'd add the second clownfish ASAP, best if they grow up together to prevent aggression. As far as tangs go, most are not appropriate for a 75 gallon, but you could do a yellow tang, kole tang, or tomini tang which stay small enough to be happy in a 75. You don't want to buy a tang that gets too large with the hopes of "rehoming is later", just don't

For your 37, is it also fish only? You could probably add a wrasse, blenny or goby of some sort.

Hello thankyou so much for the reply! I'm so relieved that the fish I'm interested in will be good choices!
as for the 37 gallon though yes it will most likely stay a fish only tank for now.

Also I saw you mentioned as well that Kole, yellow and Tomini tangs would be a good choice for the 75 gallon, out of all of them which would you recommend since I've heard good things about all three but also want to keep into consideration the possibility of the lemon peel and tangs not getting along so i want to be extra safe about it so I can avoid having to rehome.

 

[TX_REEF]

Hello thankyou so much for the reply! I'm so relieved that the fish I'm interested in will be good choices!
as for the 37 gallon though yes it will most likely stay a fish only tank for now.

Also I saw you mentioned as well that Kole, yellow and Tomini tangs would be a good choice for the 75 gallon, out of all of them which would you recommend since I've heard good things about all three but also want to keep into consideration the possibility of the lemon peel and tangs not getting along so i want to be extra safe about it so I can avoid having to rehome.

it's 100% up to you, yellow tang, kole tang and tomini aall max out around 6 inches. Your preference is the driving factor, they each look extremely distinct and beautiful in their own way. I have a yellow tang in my display and a tomini in my frag tank and I love them both. The only advice I will give is to make sure your tang is not smaller than your lemonpeel, because if it is, it will almost certainly get bullied. When I added my yellow tang (juvenile 1.5"), my coral beauty angel was intent on violence. I had to capture and isolate the coral beauty for over a week to disperse the aggression.

 

[ben townsend]

I’m partial to anthias, but you could go with a small harem of lyre tails, barbonius, Randall’s, or some fathead sunburst anthias

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hello! I've recently started upgraded to a 75 gallon saltwater aquarium and currently I have
1 lemon peel dwarf angelfish
and 1 clownfish
inside the tank.

I plan to eventually add more fish but I I'm struggling with figuring out the best compatibility for my saltwater tank to have a thriving tank without the risk of any of the fish fighting or killing each other.
currently I've been making a list of some fish I'm interested in adding to the tank but I don't know about there compatibility with each other and if they'll all mix well so if anyone has any advice they can share it would be greatly appreciated!

lemon peel angelfish x 1

clownfish x 2

banggai cardinals x 2

Green chromis x 3 or 5

a tang of some sort ?

mandarin goby x 1 when I have a more established copepod population down the line

flasher wrasse x 1

overall my goal is to have a colorful and lively tank while also not overstocking or ending up with aggression in the tank.

i also have a 37 gallon tank at the moment that only houses a Wyoming white clownfish so advice as well for stocking ideas would be helpful if anyone has any advice to share :)

Lemon peel can be challenging with need for good water quality and some will stop feeding. Make clowns the last ones as they can be territorial often culprits for biting skin and fins of other fish