180g Fish List

[Lockes]

Firstly this is just a list of fishes that I enjoy and I will not be placing all these in the tank.......before anyone gets upset. What do you guys think?

TOP LIST (Not a Must *)

1. Tomini Tang (Ctenochaetus tominiensis)
2. Lieutenant Tang (Acanthurus tennenti)
3. Sailfin Tang, Desjardini (Zebrasoma desjardinii)

4. Bicolor Angel Centropyge bicolor or Remove if too many angels
5. Flame Angel (Centropyge loriculus) or Remove if too many angels
6. Swallowtail Angel Genicanthus melanospilos or Remove if too many angels

7. Red Stripe Anthias (Pseudanthias fasciatus) *

8. Klein Butterfly (Chaetodon kleini)

9. Midas Blenny (Ecsenius midas)

10. Marine Betta (Calloplesiops altivelis)

11. Kauderns Cardinal Pair (Pterapogon kauderni) *

12. Flame Hawk (Neocirrhites armatus) *

13. Helfrichi Firefish (Nemateleotris helfrichi)

14. Lineatus Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus lineatus) *

15. Foxface Lo (Siganus vulpinus) *

16. Green Mandarin (Synchiropus splendidus)

SUBSTITUTES

1. Kole Yellow Eye Tang (Ctenochaetus strigosus)
2. Gold Rim Tang Acanthurus nigricans
3. Sailfin Tang (Zebrasoma veliferum) or Yellow Tang - Hawaii (Zebrasoma flavescens) or Purple Tang Zebrasoma xanthurus
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5. Coral Beauty Angelfish (Centropyge bispinosus) or Regal Angelfish Pygoplites diacnthus
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7. Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)
8. Altivelis Butterfly Coradion altivelis or Japanese Masked Buterfly Chaetodon wiebli
9. Bicolor Blenny (Ecsenius bicolor)
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13. Firefish Nemateleotris magnifica or Neon Goby Pair Gobiosoma oceanops
14. Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse (Paracheilinus carpenteri)
15. Bicolor Foxface (Lo uspi)
16. Six Line Wrasse (Pseudocheilinus hexataenia)

[Canute]

I have a 180g with the following:
One medium sized Yellow Tang.
Five Paijama Cardinals.
One Mandarin Dragonette.
Three cleaner shrimp.

This system also has 60g of refugia. I'm conservative (*ahem* cheap) and I don't particularly like to have a high maintenance tank so I keep the amount of nutrients I have to put in it to a minimum. So, not very many fish. I will probably not buy another Yellow Tang because they're nearly fished out of parts of Hawaii.
I'd go with one Tang. Maybe one dwarf Angelfish.
Be careful about how many pod pickers you put in the tank. I only have one in mine. The Six Line is a fairly aggressive fish IME and may provide a little too much competition for food with any Dragonettes you buy.
It wasn't particularly meant to turn out that way, but now that my PJs are pretty good sized they hang schooled together in the water and make a pretty good centerpiece of the system.
Aren't Anthias supposed to need a fair amount of live plankton?
I also like cleaner shrimp, but they do need to be fed or they will start going after each other.
I'd consider this:
One Tang.
One dwarf Angel (*maybe* reef safe). Check carefully before buying.
A small number (say, half a dozen or so) of smallish schooling fish as a sort of centerpiece. The firefish might be a good choice. Or you might consider some Green Chromis.
A few cleaner shrimp.
Add a Six Line or a Dragonette after the system has gotten established for six months or so.

[Lockes]

thanks