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Quick Background. Tank is a red sea reefer 425xl (88gal DT, 24gal sump I think). Currently have 110 pounds of LR curing. Will be running Vertex Omega 180i skimmer plus other equipment I will not bore with details.
Plan to keep SPS and LPS corals. I do like inverts like colorful shrimp so do not want fish that will eat them.
So far this is what potential stocking plan looks like. Please let me know what you think.

Flame angel-1
Clowns- 2 to 3
Mandarin -1 (know tank needs matured and pods for this)
One spot foxface-1
Yellow goby, and another goby (still deciding)- do want to pair with pistol shrinp.
Royal gramma-1
Yellow tang-1
Flasher and fairy wrasse- 2 to 3.

I have found the information within this forum to be extremely helpful. Very grateful for this site and the "other" site which have provided such a thorough education.
 
The Flame runs the risk of nipping at corals. I'd go with a more reef-safe Angel.

I'd go two clowns, not three.

The rest is probably fine. Someone more knowledgeable on Flashers will speak up if any of the others aren't comparable.
 
I know you know the requirements for a Mandarin.. but honestly they can be tough. A lot of people have to run refugiums to keep the pod population up enough. I've seen some trained to eat "normal" foods too though... just FYI.

I've read before that they need a pod like every five seconds on average to remain healthy... that's a lot of pods.
 

IF YOU HAD TO TAKE A REEFING EXAM, WOULD YOU PASS?

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