List of stuff I'm interested in housing

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Here is my list of fish, corals and other items I am considering and interested in housing. Obviously some of this stuff isn't compatible but can anyone with experience give me an idea of which things are going to be troublemakers? The hostility ratings most sites gives are helpful but there are always exceptions. This would be for most likely a 180 gallon reef tank with a 55g sump/refuge.
I think the tassle filefish requires very frequent feeding and isn't reef safe so I don't think I can get one of those. The Zebra Moray worries me too, especially since some of the other fish are tiny, but I've heard that the Zebra Moray is one of the more passive and that some people don't have trouble with them. The porcupine puffer I also hear might be trouble but I REALLY like these, they are probably my favorite, so I'm hoping one would be ok.
Most of the stuff in the second half of the fish list I don't know anything about but the pictures looked cool so I wrote their names down. I have a feeling a lot of it isn't going to be compatible but that's ok. I WOULD like to find some sort of other 'exotic' creature to add besides an eel. A lionfish would be neat but I think it will eat all the small fish. A stingray would be cool but they all seem to eat any inverts they can find. Seahorse would also be cool but I think those require low water flow and very special feeding?
The rest is pretty self explanitory. Any comments/suggestions/criticisms are welcome. I will edit with colors/subtext as I get more info about each item.
Fish-Types

Blue Hippo (Regal) Tang
Engineer Goby
Lawnmower Blenny
Domino Damsel
Blue Reef Chromis
Filamented Flasher Wrasse
Percula Clown Aquacultured (haven't decided on true or false yet)
Green Mandarin (established tank, I understand)
Porcupine Puffer
Tassle Filefish (incompatible)
Zebra Moray Eeel
Porkfish
Kauderns Cardinal
Gumdrop Coral Croucher Goby
Clown Goby, Green
Filamented Sand Eel Diver
Helfrichi Firefish (expensive)
Purple Firefish
Lionfish of some sort (likely incompatible)
Stingray of some sort (not aware of any compatible species)
Seahorse
Non-Fish

Carpet Anemone, Blue
Carpet Anemone, White
Rose Bulb Anemone
Bulb Anemone
Hawaiian Red Anemone
Red General Star (incompatible)
Are there any starfish that would be compatible that aren't ugly as can be?
Spotted Anemone Shrimp
Banded Coral Shrimp, Blue
Blood Red Fire Shrimp
Emerald Mithrax Crab
Dward Red Tip Hermit Crab
Scarlet Reef Hermit
Electric Blue Hermit
Electric Orange Hermit
Pom Pom Crab
Hawaiian Feather Duster
Dwarf Colored Feather Duster
Christmas Tree Worm
Cluster Duster
Pacific Conch
Super Tongan Nassarius Snail
Fancy Turban Snail
Longspine Urchin, Banded
Longspine Urchin, Black (these look really cool, lfs has some)
Pincushion Urchin, Blue Tuxedo
Plants

Shaving Brush
Maidens Hair Plant
/>Red Gracilaria Feeding Algae
Hard Coral LPS

Brain Worm Platygyra Coral
Brain Coral, Wellsophyllia - Metallic
Alveopora Coral, Branched
Candy Cane Coral
Bubble Coral, Pearl
Elegance Coral
Plate Coral, Long Tentacle
Hammer/Anchor Coral
Tooth Coral
Torch Coral
Frogspawn Coral, Branched
Hard Coral SPS

Pipe Organ Coral
Porites Coral, Yellow
Montipora Coral, Encrusting Orange
Leaf Plate Montipora Coral
Merulina Coral
Cup Coral, Turbinaria
Acropora Coral, Blue
Acropora Coral, Color Tip
Acropora Coral, Neon
Acropora Coral, Purple (nice)
Other (I don't know)

Pumping Xenia, Red Sea
Pumping Xenia, Silver Branch
Green Florida Ricordia Mushrooms
 

wablondie98664

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i can tell you alittle about some of the things on your list.
the sting ray, lion, porkfish, puffer and blue hippo would be good canidates for an agressive tank.
stay away from any small fish with lions, puffers and eels.
the mandarin is going to need a well established tank with at least 100 lbs of live rock too meet their feedin requirements
firefish are jumpers, so if you get one make sure you have a cover over your tank, or you could end up finding a 200 dollor fish on the floor. i have a purple firefish. alot less expensive and just as beautiful.
seahorses need to be kept in a species only tank.
 

wablondie98664

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as for the corals and anemone's you want. you are going to need very strong lighting. a combo of vho and metal halide would be best and you'll want at least 4-5 watt's per gallon.
remember, take things slow. research a lot and enjoy this hobby:D
 
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For lighting I was planning on 3x 250w 10k or 12k MH for main lighting and 4x 36" 96w vho/pc with actinic/low kelvin for dawn/dusk only. The vho/pc I'd probably change depending on how I liked it, but I wasn't planning on running them during the day, only for dawn/dusk cycling. That should be enough for just about anything I'd think, as long as I position the high-requirement corals properly.
 
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