Cant decide on next fish help please???

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I have a 125gallon running a FX6 with a large hob protein skimmer I have plenty of coral to try and keep safe as well.

Current tank mates
2 clowns
2 anemones
2 cleaner shrimp
Extra large turbo snails and hermit crabs
1 royal gramma
1 tail spotted blenney
1 fox face
1 green wrasse
1 juvenile harlequin tusk (very small)
1 flame angle
1 red spotted dragonet

Is this list realistic or to much?
Maybe witch one to get first or last or avoid?
I know I can’t get them all today and throw in a 55 gallon qt but over time get a few at a time

Here a pick of my wish list of saltwater fish
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I have a 125gallon running a FX6 with a large hob protein skimmer I have plenty of coral to try and keep safe as well.

Current tank mates
2 clowns
2 anemones
2 cleaner shrimp
Extra large turbo snails and hermit crabs
1 royal gramma
1 tail spotted blenney
1 fox face
1 green wrasse
1 juvenile harlequin tusk (very small)
1 flame angle
1 red spotted dragonet

Is this list realistic or to much?
Maybe witch one to get first or last or avoid?
I know I can’t get them all today and throw in a 55 gallon qt but over time get a few at a time

Here a pick of my wish list of saltwater fish
6797b0cc64d648ad5acdffaa44a624c7.jpg
1c02ee4e3aab217d7432898ac4c57fe5.jpg

I have all the fish you have in your current tank in one tank also except the red spotted dragonet. I also keep several tangs in my tank: a large Royal, two yellow tangs, several types of angels, and various wrasses, including two types of leopard wrasse. I think any fish has the potential to cause problems. They have individual personalities, so you'll need to be prepared to relocate/rehome when a combination is not working. I always introduce in groups rather than a single fish. This seems to defuse some territorial aggression when introducing new fish. With that said...

IMO, the Springeri will cause problems. They are just mean once they get established and I won't add one to my tank.
The green dragonette should be fine with the spotted dragonette in that size tank if your pod population can handle the addition of another dragonette though they may never want to spend time together. I would add this fish with the gobies first and let them settle in well before adding more fish.

The hawkfish, green wrasse, and tusk could become CUC eaters as they get larger.
I would add the two tangs at the same time and the hawkfish at the same time, and I would add them last.

The two gobies may not get along but in my tank there is no real fighting between my gobies-just a little chasing away from personal spaces from time to time. I have three gobies (yellow watchman, diamond, and what I think is a decorator goby). My diamond goby is the most dominant of the three. Keep in mind, your experience may be different than mine. There are a lot of variables such as available competition for a food source, hiding spaces, how the fish are introduced to each other, size of fish, and the individual temperaments of the fish-which can change over time.

Good luck! Hope some of the above was helpful. :)
 
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Just me but I think a Tang and a canister filter are a really bad idea. They poop like crazy.
 
Just me but I think a Tang and a canister filter are a really bad idea. They poop like crazy.

I agree with Jesterrrace. I also didn't register the size tank you were putting all these fish in. IMO, It's too small for one tang let alone two tangs. The Kole will stay the smallest, so if you're determined to get one, that would be the one I tried, but even that fish needs room to roam as it gets bigger. You'll likely be relocating or rehoming within a year when the space gets too tight for it and it starts picking on other fish. It's really hard to catch a tang once you get one in your tank (I know, I've done it and had to take EVERYTHING out of the tank to catch the sucker), so I would go with another species of fish and avoid the hassle. But that's just me. Wrasses are great...colorful...and many will get along with each other well.
 

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