Do you see any issues with my fish selection?

[willertac]

I have a 55g with 2 Koralia 425s, at least 70lbs of base rock, live sand, and will possibly get a HOB to run on it. I have yet to set this up, though, and plan to do so soon with RO/DI water. I have Coralife lighting ready and a skimmer on hold. Here's my plan:

Fish to add first:
small group of Lyretail Anthias
Pink Skunk Clown
(possibly a green or blue chromis or two)
group of Scooter Blennies (Red and regular ones)
Firefish

After:
possibly a dwarf angelfish such as the Rusty Angel or the White-Tailed Pygmy
Maybe an Indigo Hamlet
Royal Gramma
and possibly a Rainsford's Goby.

(and at some point a cleaning pack of snails)

If there's anything you think I should not add or change, let me know. To me, it looks like a lot of fish for my size tank... but I'm still iffy with a few of them so maybe you'll decide for me
Also good to know, I plan to go reef at some point, even possibly adding an anemone nearer the beginning with the first wave of fish.

Thanks!

 

[Bad Company]

14ish fish will be too many for this size tank. Maybe the bioload will handle it, but you'll probably get territory issues. I had a similar load in a 63 gallon with 11 fish, and the three chromis always hid because everyone else had their spots. I'd recommend you target 8 fish max.

 

[Reefing Madness]

Plus one to that. I have a 240g tank with only 7 fish in it. Ya want it friendly, and with too many they can get to picking on one another, and thsts not a good thing.

 

[Aquaph8]

I wouldn't do a group of scooter blennies, they are pod eaters and require an established tank with lots of pods. You can probably get away with one but I'd wait until your tank has been running a while.

Go slow and allow your tank to mature before adding a bunch of fish, start with one and let the biological filter catch up before adding more. Be prepared to go through cycles of algae at the beginning as your tank matures, a small clean up crew and small water changes often will help.

Keep us posted and let us know how things progress.

 

[Joeganja]

Wait on the anthias and scooter blennies. Have the tank set up for at least 6 months to make sure there's enough bacteria in the tank

 

[willertac]

So far, the clown and firefish are the absolute definite keepers from my list. I think I like the "faded" color scheme, if that makes sense. But of course, safety and health comes before the decorative aspect.