Fowlr reef tank tank size question

[Poseidon's Reef]

short back ground- moving into my own house next year.
I want a 130g cube for my corals, and a 200-300g for a fish only (FOWLR) reef.

I recently had the chance to buy a wicked tank- 200g starfire front, 4.5'x 3' wide x 24'' tall, with external overflow.
so obviously, i bought it..... lol :wink:

My question is. Is this 200g going to cut it for a FOWLER
I want: eel, angels (this is the big one), harlequin tusk, moorish idol, possible a bamboo shark,
few interesting tangs etc.

I realize larger fish need more space to swim, preferably 6-8ft long tank, but im wondering if i can make the 54'' work due to the large width i have to work with.

opinions are very welcome, i have plenty of time (next fall/winter, 2015/2016)
if you need me to clarify my question let me know!
thanks in advance.

 

[Reefing Madness]

I'd be looking for an 8' tank for those fish.

 

[Poseidon's Reef]

I'd be looking for an 8' tank for those fish.

which is what i was kind of thinking...
i do have my eye open for a large acrylic one ( im done with listing heavy glass tanks lol)

 

[Reefing Madness]

Right on. Yea, they can get a bit tough to move about.

 

[tigerdragon]

Acrylic in that size will be spendy. I had angels, triggers, tusk in a 6'. Sometimes if flow is strong enough tangs will do fine they will play in current

 

[rcdude]

sharks = round tanks definitly
i go to my LFS and the have 3 sharks in a 1,000 gallon rectangle.. all their noses are all out of proportion and such :/ it sucks when you literally watch a shark swim and bounce off the glass wall