Unique 200 Gallon FOWLR Stocking Question

[ovrmyhdagn]

If you could stock a 200 gallon tank with 300 lbs of LR and a 3"-4" sand bottom, with a 75 gallon combined sump/refugium, what would you put in it?
I currently have a juvi emperor, flame angel, 2 black and white clowns, and a foxface.
I want to concentrate on quantity and color, maybe looking at smaller more colorful fishes since I already have a large angel to be a centerpiece.
Dream away. Any suggestions would be great.

 

[happyvac]

I think a large Chromi School would look beautiful in that tank.

 

[djevack]

i agree with a school, I love a few large fish and a school

 

[nereef]

is it just me? i haven't seen a healthy green chromis in a while. i ordered some from this site a while back and they didn't do well. my lfs chromis that they order all die. i like those things less and less.
what about anthias? another tang?
as for small: royal gramma, strawberry basslet, watchman goby, mandarin.

 

[fedukeford]

people assume chromis are hardy but they are not as hardy as most people think, they are pretty delicate, most dont last very long

 

[reefdude37]

Go with a royal gramma

 

[bcott]

i've had my green chromis for about 3 years and they've been going great.

 

[boalgf]

I've had many green and blue chromis and they seem just as hardy as any damsel. I like fridmanis, they are very intense in color. Lemonpeel angels are the brightest yellow I've seen on a fish. Firefish are nice, and so are reef safe wrasses like the red velvet, pink margin, and filament flasher wrasse.