I’ve got a 150 gallon tank at home and I am wondering if I can put these fish together and how many more I can fit.
1 Flame Angel.
1 Spottail Gudgeon.
1 Powder Purple Tang.
1 Twin Spot Wrasse.
11 Harptail Blennies.
2 Sunburst Anthias
1 Redtail Tarmarin Wrasse.
1 Achilles Tang.
1 Firefish Goby.
1 Longnose Hawkfish.
1 Porcupine Puffer.
5 Sergeant Major Damsels.
2 Bullet Hole Clowns
1 French Angel.
1 Naoko Fairy Wrasse.
1 Lyretail Hogfish.
2 White Cndylactis Anemones
1 Beaded Aurora Sand Anemone
I’d pick one of the two
Acanthurus tangs. Personally, I’d go for the Achilles over the Purple (Or if you can find one, get a hybrid achilles as they’re gorgeous in person).
Now the tangs are out of the way, I’ll do my strongest family next - The Wrasses.
My first big No I see is the Twinspot Wrasse -
Coris aygula. This is a wrasse that isn’t afraid to get 2-3’ sometimes even 4’ long. This wrasse will take up half of your 6’ tank’s length and not have room to turn when fully grown. This is a wrasse that just shouldn’t be kept in a reef at all unless you have a 15’+ cube tank at the minimum. If you want a wrasse similar in body shape, go for one of the smaller
Halichoeres species like
Halichoeres iridis.
Now the next one that is a No is the Red Tail Tamarin -
Anampses chyrsocephalus. This wrasse is endemic to Hawaii and you can’t get it into the hobby legally because Hawaii has a ban on fish being brought into the hobby however that ban will be released for certain fish. On that list of 10 ish fish us wrasse lovers are not going to see any more Hawaiian Endemic wrasses for a while. Even if this wrasse was available to the hobby, it’s a bad move for a first time wrasse owner. These were incredibly difficult to get settled and just didn’t do well due to parasites. I’d personally swap this for a China Wrasse -
Anampses neoguinaicus.
The last wrasse on this list should be alright - The Naoko’s Fairy Wrasse,
Cirrhilabrus naokoae. This wrasse is a species that can be 50/50 in too small of a tank (3’ tanks are the bare minimum IMO) as they can be aggressive but in most larger tanks they will be more peaceful.
And the last Labrid on this list you may not think is a wrasse but it is is the Lyretail Hogfish,
Bodianus anthioides. These guys are boisterous and your Gudegon and Firefish will not like it. So I’d cross this guy off as well as the fact he may be able to make a quick snack from a Firefish due to the size they get. I’d swap this out for a smaller species of Wrasse, possibly the
Halichoeres species as they do the same job of hunting pests.
Next up I’ll do the Dartfish, these two should get along (The Blue Gudeon and Firefish). If anything, I’d add a couple more to the group of Gudgeons and try a group of 3-4 possibly 5-6 in your tank.
Now the angels, the French is the big No of these guys. This species can get up to 18” and I believe bigger. Not only is their length concerning however these are what I call a ‘box’ fish in which their height gets as tall as they are long. I’d personally swap this for either a
Genicanthus species or a Regal Angel. The Flame shouldn’t be too bad but if you plan for corals, you’ll likely have to work around the fish or just forget the RSWC Angel idea and go the
Genicanthus route.
The 11 harp tail blennies may be an issue, I’d go for a group of 5 at the max for them, you’ll probably find 11 will cause aggression and end up with them dying off.
And the rest I believe have been sorted through by the others (Any with a . at the end is something that you’ll want to be cautious about, the rest should be alright).
