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[lotsofgallons]

heres the deal. i have a 110 that i plan to further stock with coral and fish. I am also looking to stock 3"-4" fish. I really love the tangs, triggers and other large colorful fish. My question is which fish will be compatible with the coral and eachother?

[Bebo77]

it a pretty general question you asked.. can you be more specific...?

what tangs? trigger? were you looking at?

[JamesJR]

This is a very open ended question...

[I like Triggers]

Open ended questions get open ended answers

Triggers can eat corals, tangs dont, and other large fish might eat them.

[lotsofgallons]

do tangs get along with clowns, damsels, and angels?

[JamesJR]

Tangs are more agressive towards fish with a similar shape. So fish like damsels and clowns should't be a problem. They may cause problems with some angels.

[ken6217]

You should also consider the level of potential nitrates and phosphates you will have with heavy feeding etc since you want to have corals too.
Ken

[Sk8r]

lotsa, tangs are not too aggressive with cigar-shaped fish: pancake shaped fish may get attacked. But there aren't any 3-4" tangs. Plan on 10" and up. Lps corals are a good choice for lots of fish---they wave in the current and defend themselves pretty well from minor incursions: they also thrive on fish poo. You want lots of bristleworms to help break it down. Take a look at goby and blenny species in the online catalogs among our sponsors, and don't believe the old wives' tale that fish size themselves to fit our tanks. If you buy a fish that reaches 3 feet in adult phase, it will try to do so, and if your tank isn't big enough it will stress and die. If you want to plan your tank, get some strips of paper the size and general shape of the adult of the species you want to keep, and tape them to the front of the glass. Then you can see what you're dealing with.

[triggerfish1976]

Sounds like you are interested in med-large sized fish so here are some recommendations and also some fish you will want to stay away from:

TANGS

Any tank in the Bristletooth family (Ctenochaetus like Kole, Tomnini, or Chevron generally stay in the medium size range and make so-so community fish as far as tangs go. These three are not the most impressive when it comes to color in IMOP (Chevron looks nice when it is young but becomes a little drab as it matures).

Zebrasoma tangs (Purple, Yellow, Sailfin, Scopas, Black, and Gem Tangs) are generally agressive and can create compatibility problems if not placed in the right tank.

Acanthurus tangs (to many to list) generally consist of most of the tangs seen in fish stores and there compatibility varies from fish to fish. I would recommend that you stay away from the following Tangs in this family until you have a little more husbandry experience under your belt and a larger tank:
Powder Blue - Delicate, can be very agressive.
Powder Brown - Same as Powder Blue
Sohal - Can be very mean and gets to large for a 110g.
Achilles - Very delicate.
Clown - Very delicate.

You should also avoid any tangs in the Naso family as they generally reach sizes that are not ideal for your tank.

TRIGGERS

Recommended: Pink Tail, Blue Throat, Niger, and Sargassum are all fairly docile triggers that are also generally reefsafe toward corals but they may eat inverts like snails, crabs, and shrimps.

All other triggers will either quickly outgrow the tank or eat things a that you don't want them to.

ANGELS

All angels besides the ones in the Genicanthus (generally reef safe) family are hit or miss with corals. I find that Fleshy LPS corals are picked on more than any others by Angelfish so if you plan on keeping Open Brains, Favia, Micromussa, Scoly's, etc. then I would not get an Angel.
If you have a heart set on getting an Angel I would recommend one in either the Genicanthus family (for reasons noted above) or one of the Pymgy's due to tank size limitations. Angels in the Pomacanthus and Holacanthus families generally get to big for a 110 and can be agressive.

As Ken6217 noted larger fish will add a greater bioload than small fish and can increase the level of husbandry needed to maintain a healthy tank with corals especially if you intend on keeping SPS.

One last option for you to consider if you want med. sized fish with some color are Fairy Wrasses and Flasher Wrasses. They can be housed in small groups or male/female pairs.