I have a 125g and I'm wondering about my stock list

[William Chiavetta]

I feel like it's way too much but people are telling me it's okay? I want some more opinions.

Common ocellaris clown
Some other clown with some cool patterns
Blue hippo tang
Powder blue tang
Melanurus wrasse
Some sort of shrimp x2 (open to suggestions of what to get)
Something schooling
Rock-boring urchin x2 (maybe a different species open to suggestions)
Flame Scallop
Fromia sea star x3
Mandarin fish (second to last thing)
Dwarf golden moray eel (last thing)
Maybe an emperor angel fish (I want to get corals so probably not)
foxface

I have:
Small cuc with assorted snails

 

[Doctorgori]

“As is” if that’s your std 125….that will be a busy 6ft tank…not a lot of vertical head space….
I would say of all the above I’d pass on the emperor Angel and the powder blue, but take that as. “weak” suggestion
I might suggest one of the smaller cardinals for schoolers …

I have a trio of skunk cleaners that hang together VERY visibly on top of the rocks..looks cool, and a conversation/visual thing

 

[William Chiavetta]

“As is” if that’s your std 125….that will be a busy 6ft tank…not a lot of vertical head space….
I would say of all the above I’d pass on the emperor Angel and the powder blue, but take that as. “weak” suggestion
I might suggest one of the smaller cardinals for schoolers …

I have a trio of skunk cleaners that hang together VERY visibly on top of the rocks..looks cool, and a conversation/visual thing

I'm sort of stuck on the powder blue and have a plan for him. Thank you so much for the advice. What do mean by std 125?

 

[Doctorgori]

I'm sort of stuck on the powder blue and have a plan for him. Thank you so much for the advice. What do mean by std 125?

without looking it up I think a standard 125 is 72 x 18 x 20 ..
definitely long enough for a large tang …. Not saying it won’t work, just hit or miss with PBT’s as you already suspect… I’m sure

you are very welcome

 

[William Chiavetta]

without looking it up I think a standard 125 is 72 x 18 x 20 ..
definitely long enough for a large tang …. Not saying it won’t work, just hit or miss with PBT’s as you already suspect… I’m sure

you are very welcome

I realize the PBT will be very difficult but I'm up for the challenge and have an alternative plan for him if it doesn't work out

 

[Darstar301]

Foxface and Blue hippos tangs get very large and fast. My Foxface grew from about 1" to 5" in 1 year.

 

[William Chiavetta]

Foxface and Blue hippos tangs get very large and fast. My Foxface grew from about 1" to 5" in 1 year.

Thanks for the info. I love me some large fish

 

[Tcook]

The fromia and flame scallop will likely not survive long term imo. I would skip those.

 

[William Chiavetta]

The fromia and flame scallop will likely not survive long term imo. I would skip those.

Do you have any other suggestions for starfish. And why wouldn't the scallop survive long term?

 

[Tcook]

Do you have any other suggestions for starfish. And why wouldn't the scallop survive long term?

Some here have had blue linkia for a few years. I have never been able to keep them beyond 1-2 years. They likely need a very large mature tank with plenty of biofilms. Flame scallops are plankton feeders. I tried them many years ago and wasn’t successful. I won’t fuel the demand for either of these by buying them.

 

[William Chiavetta]

Some here have had blue linkia for a few years. I have never been able to keep them beyond 1-2 years. They likely need a very large mature tank with plenty of biofilms. Flame scallops are plankton feeders. I tried them many years ago and wasn’t successful. I won’t fuel the demand for either of these by buying them.

Good to know. I will update my stock list now!

 

[Dburr1014]

Do you have any other suggestions for starfish. And why wouldn't the scallop survive long term?

Red serpant stars are great and live long.

 

[William Chiavetta]

Red serpant stars are great and live long.

oooh those are cool! Thank you!

 

[RedOtterCoral]

I think that's a rather aggressive stocking list. It sounded a bit familiar and then I remembered your build thread: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/55g-reef-tank.1052428/

As this is a first tank (not including the crash you had) I'd stay away from the more difficult tangs, scallops starfish and definitely the moray.

There are smaller tangs that have great activity and are less volatile than PB, like tomini tangs. Personally love mine and there's been no issues

 

[William Chiavetta]

I think that's a rather aggressive stocking list. It sounded a bit familiar and then I remembered your build thread: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/55g-reef-tank.1052428/

As this is a first tank (not including the crash you had) I'd stay away from the more difficult tangs, scallops starfish and definitely the moray.

There are smaller tangs that have great activity and are less volatile than PB, like tomini tangs. Personally love mine and there's been no issues

I’m gonna pass on the scallop like you’re suggesting and go with an easier starfish but I’m really set on this tang and I’m gonna make sure it goes well. As for the moray I will wait at least a year before I buy him

 

[RedOtterCoral]

I’m gonna pass on the scallop like you’re suggesting and go with an easier starfish but I’m really set on this tang and I’m gonna make sure it goes well. As for the moray I will wait at least a year before I buy him

I think you said the exact same thing when myself and others were cautioning you on your stocking choices last time lol.

It's your tank and your choice, but these are animals that we are all passionate about and should strive to give as best a chance as possible. PB are ich magnets so you'd better have a solid prevention or mitigation system in place.

 

[Cthulukelele]

I might swap the dwarf moray for an engineer goby. Easier to get your hands on and from what I hear more personable. Emperor is definitely pushing it in a 150.

I don't think this tank is completely unrealistic, but hippo and emperor especially are borderline IMO.

 

[Cthulukelele]

I think that's a rather aggressive stocking list. It sounded a bit familiar and then I remembered your build thread: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/55g-reef-tank.1052428/

As this is a first tank (not including the crash you had) I'd stay away from the more difficult tangs, scallops starfish and definitely the moray.

There are smaller tangs that have great activity and are less volatile than PB, like tomini tangs. Personally love mine and there's been no issues

Ah I just saw this. This is Def NOT a good idea for a first tank in my opinion either. Powder Blue, hippo, possibly emperor, dwarf moray, starfish, and flame scallop are are all quite temperamental.

I agree that a bristletooth tang or even a zebrasoma tang is likely to be less of a headache than the hippo and the powder blue. DEFINITELY consider the engineer goby over the moray if you're newer. Much hardier. Maybe consider one of the hardier dwarf angels to get an angelfish (flame, cherub, flameback, coral beauty). Brittle or (nongreen) serpent stars would make a good starfish replacement. They're very hardy. No real replacement for a flame scallop as few filter feeders are long lived in our tanks, but down the line a derasa clam could serve a similar purpose (though if going that route I'd probably skip any type of angelfish)

 

[William Chiavetta]

I think you said the exact same thing when myself and others were cautioning you on your stocking choices last time lol.

It's your tank and your choice, but these are animals that we are all passionate about and should strive to give as best a chance as possible. PB are ich magnets so you'd better have a solid prevention or mitigation system in place.

I’m going to do the special PBQT for him and I'm really trying to learn as much as I can about them before I pull the trigger on it.

 

[William Chiavetta]

I might swap the dwarf moray for an engineer goby. Easier to get your hands on and from what I hear more personable. Emperor is definitely pushing it in a 150.

I don't think this tank is completely unrealistic, but hippo and emperor especially are borderline IMO.

I'm wondering why you say no to a hippo? and I'm decided on that I am NOT going to do an emperor