Stocking, too much, keep going, stop?

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Current Reef Stock 125g tank
Filtration oversized skimmer Red Sea 600
3 filter socks at 200 microns.
Activated carbon

Tangs:

Sailfin Tang
Yellow Tang
Powder Blue Tang
Tomini Tang

Wrasse:
6 line wrasse
Exsquisite Wrasse
Pintail Wrasse

Misc:
Copperband Butterfly Fish
Red Flame Hawkfish
Velvet blue devil fish
Sand Sifting Goby
Two oscillarus clowns that literally hide in the corner and do nothing
1 Lyretail Anthia

Inverts:
Turbo Snails
Astrea Snails
three pincousin urchins
1 long spine urchin
nasaruius snails

All my fish are babies - tangs 2.5< in size.

Rockwork a LOT. Lots of hiding places. I’ve yet to see major aggression from anyone but again. They’re babies.

Guess I want to know if I’ve pushed my tank stocking to the limits and if I should stop. The reason I ask is my son is deeply involved in the tank (6 y.o) and his bday he wants one more fish.
 
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Do you think the tang gang will let another occupant into the reef neighborhood?
I think that if I bring in a wrasse, probably, or anthia the powder blue is new as is the copperband and they’ve played nice this far. Got ideas?
 

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I think that if I bring in a wrasse, probably, or anthia the powder blue is new as is the copperband and they’ve played nice this far. Got ideas?
You have a decent size tank it's just a matter if the big fish will be cool. I'd try 3 springerie damsels. These are pretty fish and tough little guys who can hold their own.
 

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Keeping in mind growth potential, you may be at capacity. Other consideration God forbid, a disease breakout and you will need to remove these fish to a separate tank/container and then comes feeding
 

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Do you think the tang gang will let another occupant into the reef neighborhood?
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Keeping in mind growth potential, you may be at capacity. Other consideration God forbid, a disease breakout and you will need to remove these fish to a separate tank/container and then comes feeding
Yeah. Let’s hope that day doesn’t come. I wasn’t really anticipating on adding more but I’m a sucker for my son and figure one more wouldn’t hurt. Any suggestions? I mean in general my tank is semi aggressive reef safe. That said there are basically no coral in place yet.
 

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Yeah. Let’s hope that day doesn’t come. I wasn’t really anticipating on adding more but I’m a sucker for my son and figure one more wouldn’t hurt. Any suggestions? I mean in general my tank is semi aggressive reef safe. That said there are basically no coral in place yet.
Powder blue if not already will become nasty

One more:
pyramid butterfly
chocolate tang
Dwarf angel
 
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Powder blue if not already will become nasty

One more:
pyramid butterfly
chocolate tang
Dwarf angel
How about orange shoulder? Yeah no he immediately came in and was a jerk. Fortunately he was stjpid and picked a fight with the fox face and learned it was a bad idea. The sailfin and him I foresee being mutual nemesis when older but now there’s order and he seems to have his attention elsewhere.
 

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