Help me assemble $140(± ten bucks or so) in fish from blue zoo

[Alpha_and_Gec]

No, I specifically ordered a bristletooth from my LFS. I needed algae control.

Curious. Here's a binotatus(Fishes of Australia), note the blue eye ring and spots on the base of the tail(technically the back of the dorsal and anal fins).

Here's a smaller striatus(Fishes of Australia), note the different eyes and the lack of any spotting on the tail.

big striatus:

Depending on the size of your tank it may not matter, they both function the exact same when at similar sizes.

 

[Alpha_and_Gec]

Agreed, but angels are extremely difficult to keep alive. I have lost 2 in my 180G in the last few years. Specialized diet and other factors make them beautiful, but ultimately undesirable.

Not necessarily all of them, reef beauties as far as I know are not extremely difficult, but I just find angels ugly for various reasons.

 

[Alpha_and_Gec]

Ah gotcha, they can be finicky for sure. Thought about an anthias school?

too much feeding. I can't be bothered to spray shrimp in a tank 4 times a day even if I had the time.
Also anthias look rather mid... they have that goldfish shape and palette that I don't really like. Same goes with fairy wrasses, some tangs and angels really.

 

[Jedi1199]

Curious. Here's a binotatus(Fishes of Australia), note the blue eye ring and spots on the base of the tail(technically the back of the dorsal and anal fins).

Here's a smaller striatus(Fishes of Australia), note the different eyes and the lack of any spotting on the tail.

big striatus:

Depending on the size of your tank it may not matter, they both function the exact same when at similar sizes.

Let me see if I can get a decent pic of mine..

 

[Jedi1199]

Let me see if I can get a decent pic of mine..

This guy is hard to get a good photo of. He usually hides when I turn up the whites for photos.

 

[Alpha_and_Gec]

Let me see if I can get a decent pic of mine..

In any case, blue zoo ain't got striatus in stock, but the binotatus is expensive as hell. I might end up not getting a tang from them. I do want to pick up something a little bigger though...

 

[Alpha_and_Gec]

is there any fish that will eat large food servings and make a lot of waste, but doesn't need to be fed often, in addition to being compatible with clownfish and other fish of similar size? If I have to keep sps I realize I might need to get a reef fertilizer. Eels can serve reasonably, but what other options are there?