Over stocking a reef tank

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I have a 6 foot 125 gallon with a 40 gallon sump.

I currently have 3 shrimp (cleaner, peppermint, and pistol), 5 clowns, 2 fire fish, 2 yellow watchman gobies, a fox face, a naokoae wrasse, a mandarin, lawnmower blenny, haddoni anemone, 2 rose bubble tip anemones, and colonies of Duncan’s, Xenia, star polyps, galaxia, pocillopora, frogspawn, a montipora, bird’s nest, hammer, and clove polyps.

I would like to add a powder brown tang and a blue Atlantic tang (or powder blue tang) at the same time to finish stocking the fish in the tank.

Questions:
1) Do I have enough space for anything else before I add the tangs?
2) Any concerns adding the tangs to the existing tank.
3) Any other helpful advice.

Thank you for the forum and advise.
 
I have almost as many fish in a tank half that size, so I wouldn't hesitate to add more personally. Not sure my opinion on stocking is the norm though.

That Haddoni may widdle your list down for you though.

I wouldn't do a powder blue and powder brown, too similar.
 
I have almost as many fish in a tank half that size, so I wouldn't hesitate to add more personally. Not sure my opinion on stocking is the norm though.

That Haddoni may widdle your list down for you though.

I wouldn't do a powder blue and powder brown, too similar.

I have read several places that adding 2 tangs can work if they are added simultaneously. Is that correct?
 

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