50 gal long stocking help!!!

[sassyllama]

Hi everyone!
So a neighbor gave me an old 50 gal long tank. I want to do a saltwater reef aquarium but I’ve never done that before. I was wondering if this list of fish is good or if I need to make changes. Please let me know!

2 clown fish
1 royal gamma
1 Lawnmower Benny
1 Mandarin

My main goal is colorful fish that are beginner friendly. Any recommendations are greatly appreciated.

 

[Eoka]

Yea that list is perfectly fine and you could have way more than just that. Some colorful fish that would also work are fairy wrasse, orchid dotty back, sixline wrasse(can be super agrssive), there many more

 

[Shibaken3]

ill add a goby & pistol shrimp. for mandarine, you must wait 6 months or more after all the other fishes are addition.

 

[sassyllama]

Yea that list is perfectly fine and you could have way more than just that. Some colorful fish that would also work are fairy wrasse, orchid dotty back, sixline wrasse(can be super agrssive), there many more

I could have more?? How many would you reccomend? I read that 5 or 6 is good for a 50 gal reef tank.

 

[ReeferTang44]

Generally you can probably do comfortably 20 inches of fish