Deep Water Reef Tank Stocking?

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Hello everybody!
I plan on setting up a 75 gallon deep water aquarium and was wondering if anybody knows some good fish and corals to stock it with?
My current plan is:
Pair of borbonius anthias
Pair of red saddle anthias
Pair of helfrichi firefish
Dendros
And sun corals.
Any more ideas would be very appreciated!
Thank you!
(Deep water candy cane basslets are out of my price range)
 
Are we talking deep as in non photosynthetic, or around the depth of coral like Acropora suhursonoi?

Look into sponges and gorganians (spider sponge is a very nice, but difficult one). Some of these will most likely require automatic feeding through dosing pumps, but the anthias will benefit from that too.

Not sure how candy basslets are out of your price range if borbonius isn't. Usually the deeper the fish live at, the more you are going to pay.
 
Thanks for the suggestions, I'm looking to do a variety of corals (I really like the look acropora suharsonoi and spider sponge) and as for the candy basslets, I know I guy where I can get borbonius anthias for 175 each where as deep water candy basslets are 600 each. Sorry for the confusion and thanks for the suggestions!
 
No problem.

Deep water acropora (A. suharsonoi, etc.) are still going to need a good amount of light. They hang out around 40-60ft if I remember correctly, but they still get plenty of light there. They are just called deep water because they are deeper in comparison to other members of their genus. This is why I'm curious to know what you are defining as deep water.

There area lot of nice wrasses that come from 100+ feet. You may want to look into those.
 

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