180g fowlr stocking list

[kevin1234]

Hi I am starting a new 180g fowlr tank,
here is what I would like to put in it.
2 chaetodon auriga
2 chaetodon semilarvatus
1 ancanthurus achilles
1 ancanthurus coeruleus
1 pygolytes diacantus (first fish)
1 holocanthus ciliaris (juv)
6 pseudanthias squamipinnis
1 centropyge aurentia
1 centropyge bicolor
1 pomocanthus navarchus (juv)
2 pseudochromis fridmani
1 chelmon rostratus

please tell me if my choice is good, or if there are some fish that can't go in the new tank.

tks

[kevin1234]

nobody?

[DamnPepShrimp]

I know one thing, I'd watch out with the butterflies, they sometimes can be hard to keep. My brother had 3 masked butterflies and they all died. Although you do have probably the 3 hardiest butterflies. The achilles tang may be hard to keep. You need excellent water quality and tons of flow. I've read 40-60 or more times over with an achilles. With a queen angel, even though it is a juvi, it will begin to boss everything around, especially when older. What is your tank set up going to be like? How much rock, flow etc? The butterflies will need lots to pick at, especially the angels as well. Lots of live rock will be good for hiding, I bet there will be some chasing going on, nothing to bad. You may want to think about upgrading when the queen gets bigger, they get HUGE! I'm looking to upgrade to a 265 or so when my angels get bigger.

Also not everyone knows the scientific name, maybe if they were in the common names, more people may be able to help. Just a thought.

2 chaetodon auriga (threadfin butterfly)
2 chaetodon semilarvatus (masked butterfly)
1 acanthurus achilles (achilles tang)
1 pygolytes diacantus (dunno?)
1 holocanthus ciliaris (queen angel)
6 pseudanthias squamipinnis (scalefin anthias)
1 centropyge aurentia (golden angel)
1 centropyge bicolor (bicolor angel)
1 pomacanthus navarchus (majestic angel)
2 pseudochromis fridmani (fridmani psuedo, fridman dottyback)
1 chelmon rostratus (copper band butterfly)

All in all, seems like a good stock list. I don't see anything that specifically that can't go in the tank. Just make sure you have good water parameters and flow, also lots of hiding spots. Goodluck.

[kevin1234]

tks for tha post

to answer your questions, I will have 180lbs of live rock and 20lbs of base, the flow will be made of 2x 6100 tunze streams, the skimmer will be a deltec AP-851.

for the fish choices, if the queen gets to big I will put it in my 265g reef or just sell it back to a shop or to whoever wants it, but were not there yet ( there isn't water in the tank :rolleye1: )



1 pygolytes diacantus (dunno?)
regal angel, sorry for the scientific names I just tought it would be easier to know what fish I was talking about cause there are multiple common names for a fish while there is only one scientific name for that same fish... just saying:rolleye1:

any other people willing to help is welcomed, stocking advice is neaded:mixed:

tks

[jeff209]

be careful with putting the angels together i the same type of angels together in the same tank might not be such a good idea
i saw what can happen at my LFS no a good sight

[kevin1234]

I'm gonna introduce them in one shot and they will be the first fish(regal and queen angel) because they are harder to feed so they will be lonely and feed in peace, no stress caused by other fish...
btw the queen will be a juv of about 10cm long so it won't be bossing around other fish until it grows bigger.

tks

anymore suggestions???