Getting a 180 soon, and trying to come up with a fish stocking plan. The tank:
* Bare bottom, but with lots of caves, overhangs, and extensive aquascape
* Lots and lots of coral (LPS and SPS)
* Urchins as cleanup crew (I don't think shrimp/crabs/snails will survive the fish)
* Perhaps an anemone or two, although I could sacrifice these
The fish:
* Blonde Naso tang
* Black tang (if I can afford it)
* Foxface
* Exquisite fairy wrasse
* Ruby head fairy wrasse
* Flasher wrasse (haven't decided the kind yet)
* Bellus Angelfish female
* Pyramid butterfly
* Japanese Dragon Eel (been wanting one for a really long time, but that limits my other fish to "things bigger than its jaws... oh, and its second set of jaws). Probably one of the last additions to the tank, once I'm more comfortable with the others. If it absolutely can't be done, then a zebra eel, but they're just not as cool.
The maybe-fish:
* I'd love a school of something (chromis?), although they might end up being eaten
* Thalassoma wrasses are awesome, and I'd prefer them to the others, but they won't work without sand, right?
Scientifically:
* Naso elegans
* Zebrasoma rostratum
* Siganus vulpinus
* Cirrhilabrus exquisitus
* Cirrhilabrus cf cyanopleura
* Paracheilinus sp.
* Genicanthus bellus
* Hemitaurichthys polylepis
* Enchelycore pardalis
Visually:
Does that seem doable, or is that just too many wrasses?
* Bare bottom, but with lots of caves, overhangs, and extensive aquascape
* Lots and lots of coral (LPS and SPS)
* Urchins as cleanup crew (I don't think shrimp/crabs/snails will survive the fish)
* Perhaps an anemone or two, although I could sacrifice these
The fish:
* Blonde Naso tang
* Black tang (if I can afford it)
* Foxface
* Exquisite fairy wrasse
* Ruby head fairy wrasse
* Flasher wrasse (haven't decided the kind yet)
* Bellus Angelfish female
* Pyramid butterfly
* Japanese Dragon Eel (been wanting one for a really long time, but that limits my other fish to "things bigger than its jaws... oh, and its second set of jaws). Probably one of the last additions to the tank, once I'm more comfortable with the others. If it absolutely can't be done, then a zebra eel, but they're just not as cool.
The maybe-fish:
* I'd love a school of something (chromis?), although they might end up being eaten
* Thalassoma wrasses are awesome, and I'd prefer them to the others, but they won't work without sand, right?
Scientifically:
* Naso elegans
* Zebrasoma rostratum
* Siganus vulpinus
* Cirrhilabrus exquisitus
* Cirrhilabrus cf cyanopleura
* Paracheilinus sp.
* Genicanthus bellus
* Hemitaurichthys polylepis
* Enchelycore pardalis
Visually:
Does that seem doable, or is that just too many wrasses?