Fish stocking questions

[sg88]

I am setting up a 50 gallon cube that will be fish, live rock and softies.
I have a 15 gallon tank running with a clownfish pair (ORA Ocellaris) and a Blue-green Chromis (locally caught).
I will be adding a pair of Bangaii Cardinals, one male and 2 female yellowfin flasher wrasse, one Royal Gramma and one Firefish Goby from two different quarantine sources.
Stocking order will be somewhat dependent upon timing of when the fish finish the quarantine process, but I can put fish into the 15 gallon if need for a short period. Once the new, 50 gallon tank is running and stocked the old 15 gallon tank comes down.
My thoughts for ideal stocking order are:

the cardinals
the Fire Fish
the wrasses
the clowns
the Royal Gramma
the Blue-green Chromis

I must say I don’t have experience or hard knowledge to establish this but in my little tank the Chromis is definitely the bully over the clowns so I put him last. It seems that Bangaii Cardinals are supposed to be quite meek, hence first.

Any suggestions regarding order would be appreciated. Also, albeit crowded, could all of these fish be in a stable, established 15 gallon tank for a short time together... not all at once, but any that just should not be in that small a space (tank is a column tank (13”x13”x20” high) and any of these fish that would just not work in a newly cycled tank...for example in the way in which a Lawnmower Blenny requires reasonable mature algae growth to feed on.

Thank you

 

[40g Nano]

Make sure you have a lid.

 

[SifuMemphis]

Stocking seems fine. Chromis grow pretty big, and can become jerks.... so I would take that into consideration. Also, since you're getting clowns, wrasse, and fire fish... you will definitely want a lid.

I had wrasses, and clowns jump before.

 

[40g Nano]

On my 14 aio, my clown fit through the intake and jumped to the return.

 

[sg88]

Yes, I have a lid on order from Clear View Lids. In the meantime I have my DIY failure. I got the Red Sea lid kit and tried, and tried and tried to get the mesh to work without distorting the frame so much that it no longer fit my tank...to no avail...but some Zip-ties used loosely provides a MacGyver'd solution until the professionally made lid arrives...
has anyone been able to build that Red Sea lid themselves (if so my hat's off to you!)

 

[40g Nano]

Im going to make a wooden frame and staple a netting to it

 

[sg88]

Stocking seems fine. Chromis grow pretty big, and can become jerks.... so I would take that into consideration. Also, since you're getting clowns, wrasse, and fire fish... you will definitely want a lid.

I had wrasses, and clowns jump before.

My Chromis is at least 18 months old and is just slightly larger than the clowns. Not sure if that is normal but seems like he should be full grown at this point.

 

[sg88]

Im going to make a wooden frame and staple a netting to it

That seems like a great solution, especially if your frame has the netting sandwiched in-between two pieces of wood. Then you could seal the seam and not worry about salt getting to your staples.