Fish Stocking List and order of stocking

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Hello everyone,
After being out of the hobby for sometime I am now re entering I am currently cycling a Aqua one reef system 326 with sump approx 350 Litres, I am using Life Rock and not Live Rock as dont want unwanted hitchhikers. I was needing some help with a stocking list and order of socking, i intend it to be a mixed reef and believe get my bulk of fish gradually before start stocking with coral.
Pleas can you advise on fish and order of stocking to avoid aggression and possession issues.

Coral Beauty
Flame Angel

Powder Blue ( probably only stock 1 or 2 from this section of Tangs
my idea is 1 or 2 largish fish as Show Fish for the reef i have heard Tangs are Prone to ich and any other suggestions welcome )
Blue Caribbean Tang
Clown Tang
Yellow Tang

Cleaner Wrasse
Six Lined Wrasse
Blue Star Leopard -Male
Exquisite Fairy Wrasse

Mandarin Fish - Male

Pair of Clowns Fish

Pair of Bangi Cardinal

Green Chromis x3 - hoping for them to shoal

Gobys need advice or recommendation on these

Dotty back need advice or recommendation on these

Blenny need advice or recommendation on these

1 x Coral Banded Shrimp Blue

1 Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp

various snails and clean up crew

Attached a couple of pics of System ps stil cycling so a bit cloudy lights only on for photo

TIA

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Best practice would be to start with the least aggressive fish with the exception of the picky feeders who require an established setup. Is this your first tank?

Coral Beauty
Flame Angel

These will both potentially eat corals, but guess you know that. Might be worth sticking to one or the the other but if you really want both best to add them at the same time.

Powder Blue ( probably only stock 1 or 2 from this section of Tangs
my idea is 1 or 2 largish fish as Show Fish for the reef i have heard Tangs are Prone to ich and any other suggestions welcome )
Blue Caribbean Tang
Clown Tang
Yellow Tang

Best fit here is the Yellow tang, Clown tangs get huge are are very aggressive. I'd stick to 1 if you have both of the angels above. Blue Caribbeans will also be much to big. Powder blue would be my 2nd choice out of those but I'd probably avoid one altogether.

Cleaner Wrasse
Six Lined Wrasse
Blue Star Leopard -Male
Exquisite Fairy Wrasse

Sixline wrasses can be aggressive, some are peaceful. Add them last and you might have better odds. Leopard wrasses should be added when the tank is more established IMO. Cleaner wrasses can also be difficult to keep especially if they don't feed from the start.

Mandarin Fish - Male

These are tricky feeders and need an established tank with plenty of pod life ideally, I would think twice if you also add the sixline and leopard wrasses as they will compete for pods.

Pair of Clowns Fish

I'd likely add these first, there is a reason nearly every tank has a pair of clowns, great hardy fish who are relatively peaceful (unless you're talking about the larger varieties)

Pair of Bangi Cardinal

Try and make sure you are actually getting a pair or you could end up with just one

Green Chromis x3 - hoping for them to shoal

I think everyone has this idea except most chromis, they generally pick of the weaker one until you have 1 or 2 left. I'd probably avoid them and save the bioload TBH.

Gobys need advice or recommendation on these

Dotty back need advice or recommendation on these

I'd recommend a royal gramma. Bright, relatively peaceful, another popular fish for a reason.

Blenny need advice or recommendation on these

Depends if you want an open water or rock dweller. Midas are great or I like the orange spot for a rock dweller.

1 x Coral Banded Shrimp Blue

These have the potential to take fish, I kept one for many years no issues tho.
 

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