72 Gallon FOWLR Stock List

[sietedos]

I just set my 72 gallon FOWLR up the other day after taking off 5 years from the hobby. I used to have an aggressive tank, but now I'm thinking I'd like some smaller, more peaceful fish and some inverts. I don't have much knowledge on these types of fish though. I know there are varying opinions on how many fish you can have in an aquarium so I'd like to hear them. My tank has aboud 70 lbs of live sand, 75 lbs of live rock, a wet/dry filter, a Fluval 405, a Prizm protein skimmer, and I take good care of it so water quality should be strong. How many small fish do you think I could keep? This is the list I was thinking about tentatively:
(4) Green Chromis
(1) Percula Clown (maybe 2)
(1) Bicolor Psedochromis
(1) 6-line Wrasse
(1) Neon Blue Goby
(1) Small Hippo Tang
(1) Threadfin Butterfly
What do you think? Thanks!

 

[reef noob]

looks ok to me but im new as well. chromis do better is 0dd schools (5,7) than even

 

[patandlace]

I would leave the tang off the list but besides that it looks good.

 

[sietedos]

You think the tang is overkill or do you think it wouldn't get along with the rest?

 

[ice4ice]

The tang will outgrow the tank.

 

[sietedos]

Originally Posted by Ice4Ice
The tang will outgrow the tank.
I can agree with that. Any other tangs or dwarf angels you would replace it with? I'm looking for hardy species.

 

[ice4ice]

Dwarf angels choices - Coral Beauty, Flame, Pygmy, etc ...

 

[sietedos]

Anybody ever heard that some dwarf angels (i.e. lemonpeels, bicolors, etc) don't do well in fish only tanks, but prefer reef tanks? I read that on a website yesterday and had never heard that before.

 

[dmitry]

Dwarf Angels do just fine in fish-only. You might prefer them in fish-only since they might pick at corals!
A Hippo Tang will definitely outgrow a 72 gallon. The only Tang I'd personally suggest for a 72 is a Yellow Tang.