150 Gal Fish Stocking List

[islander84]

Just getting back into the hobby and setting up a new tank. 150 Gal 5’x2’x2’. It will be SPS Dominant. Once everything is cycled and ready the following is what I plan to stock in it.

Fish List-

-Blue Hippo

-(2-3) Yellow Tang

-Pair of Ocellaris Clowns

-McCosker wrasse? Or Carpenter?

-(4) dispar or ignitus anthias

-(4) blue green chromis

-royal gramma basslet

-neon goby

-exquisite firefish

-mandarin


Any thoughts on stocking order and/or compatibility in general? My last tank was a 144 gal ran for a couple years then sold it due to work and I had the following fish stock-

- Blue hippo tang
-yellow tang
-desjardini tang
-vampire tang
-(2) clowns
-lawnmower blenny
-6 line wrasse
-target mandarin
-5 green blue chromis
-3 lyretail anthias

 

[eatbreakfast]

I would be wary of 2-3 yellow tangs together in that size tank. I have seen groups work in much larger tanks, but haven't seen it work longterm in tanks around 150g.

 

[islander84]

Thank you for your input, I will keep that in mind. Maybe swap out the extra 2 for different species. Powder brown & naso? What are your thoughts on the reat of the list? Also I couldnt really find mich of a difference between the dispar and ignitus anthias other than one gets about .5” larger. Is that the case or did I miss something? Thank you for your help

 

[eatbreakfast]

Powder brown should be ok, though that is borderline in size. A naso gets too big.

The rest of your list looked good.

There isn't much difference between dispar and ignitus. They are sister species, so about as closely related as it gets.

 

[islander84]

What about stocking order to reduce territorial/aggression issues?

 

[eatbreakfast]

What about stocking order to reduce territorial/aggression issues?

Firefish early, tangs last, rest of the order doesn't matter much.