75 gallon Stock list

[mfutch]

Hello, I currently have a 40gallon breeder FOWLR tank. I am upgrading to a 75gal tank. My current stock list is 2 percula clowns, 1 watchman, 1 firefish, 1 engineer goby and a nassarius snail.
I am looking to potentially add a few more fish and wanted some input. The fish I am looking at are Mandarin, coral beauty or flame angel, royal gramma, one spot foxface, Bangaii cardinal fish, copper and butterfly or long nose butterfly.

I am aware that I will not be able to add all of these fish. I am looking to add 3-4 more fish. The mandarin is an absolute must, but the tank won’t be ready for him for a while. Ideally I want lots of color and personality. Nothing that will not get along with my current fish. I am also building a lot of hiding places into my live rock as well. I have tried the bangaii previously without much success; but am willing to trying it again. I just want some variety in my tank.

any ideas on that and cleanup crew would be appreciated

 

[jay0705]

Butterflies are best in bigger tanks. 125 and up. Especially the 2 you mentioned. The gramma is good, also the 1 spot fox. The cardinals are not a fav of mine. I've never had luck. Neither have a few friends of mine. As far as an angel. The cb will be easier and generally nicer. However few things look as nice as a flame. They can be a bit aggressive and are not as hardy as a cb. They are being captive raised now tho. Generally captive fish are more hardy.
You don't mention any, so look into a wrasse. Most are peaceful and colorful

 

[mfutch]

Ok, I was unsure about the correct size for the butterflies. Every site had different tank requirements. And as for the cardinal; I have tried it twice with unsatisfactory results. They are just too sensitive. So I wouldn't be heart broken without it. I didn't put a wrasse on my list because I heard that they can be very aggressive. So I am thinking probably the gramma, the one spot, and the coral beauty or flame. still undecided on which one, lol. then eventually the mandarin

 

[jay0705]

Most reef safe wrasse are not aggressive at all. I have a 4" melnurus wrasse with a 1.5" mcCoskers wrasse and no issues

 

[mfutch]

I will definitely have to look into it. I also had a question about how to shorten my cycle period. Could I just move everything from the old tank into the new one? I also need to obviously add new rock. I use the carib sea dry live rock. is there a way to add it to the existing tank without setting off an algae bloom?

 

[jay0705]

Aslong as you go rt from one to another your fine and should have minimal die off. I like the shapes avb with the carib sea life rock, but its not a true live rock. Its not as porous. You can definitely use it tho. I would add some lime stone base rock aswell. I have both in my tank. I started with probably 60lbs live and 100lbs base rock. Occasionally I'll add a new peice of live just to give the fish something new to nibble on. A lfs near me has really good LR.