Stocking order

[Wolf89]

What should the order of adding these fish to a 90G long be?
2 clowns
Pair of mandarin dragonets
1-2 aiptasia eating filefish
1 starry blenny
1 flametail blenny
1 Carpenters flasher wrasse
1 Hoeven's wrasse
1 mccosker's wrasse
1 Yellow tang
Trio of lyretail anthias
Tomini yang
Yellow coris wrasse
Pair of dragon faced pipefish

#reefsquad

 

[LesPoissons]

Most of these are mild mannered fish that wont bother each other much- so order isnt as important as adding simultaneously, IMO. I'd go:
Anthias 1st.
Blennies add together next.
(Those 2 are interchangeable)
Tiles and pipe next
Your 5 wrasse in a 90 gal may not work out. I'm not super familiar so maybe ask on the wrasse thread- but I would add whatever wrasse you choose all at once. 5 species seems like a lot for a 90 gal as they all like similar territories and stressed wrasse jump. Maybe consider 2 or maybe 3 instead.
Then add both tangs at once
The Clowns

I would wait to do the mandarins last, after a year of tank running well to make sure pod population is well established and water parameters are stable.

Again, these are pretty interchangeable as far as order. I'd still do clowns, wrasses, and tangs toward the end but the others can go in a different order. If your tank is mature you can add mandarins sooner.

 

[Wolf89]

Your 5 wrasse in a 90 gal may not work out. I'm not super familiar so maybe ask on the wrasse thread- but I would add whatever wrasse you choose all at once. 5 species seems like a lot for a 90 gal as they all like similar territories and stressed wrasse jump. Maybe consider 2 or maybe 3 instead.

Thanks for the reply!! @evolved @eatbreakfast , have any thoughts about the wrasses?

 

[eatbreakfast]

Those 5 wrasses are all compatible. My biggest concerns are:
1) That is alot of pod eaters for a 90g. The hoevans and yellow coris will outcompete the mandarins and pipefish for pods.

2) 2 tangs in a 90 is not ideal.


As far as order goes; flasher wrasses and yellow coris first, followed by anthias and hoevans, next flametail blenny and clowns, then filefish and starry blenny, tangs should be added last and simultaneously. The mandarins and pipefish order doesn't matter, but let the system mature for close to a year.

 

[Wolf89]

Those 5 wrasses are all compatible. My biggest concerns are:
1) That is alot of pod eaters for a 90g. The hoevans and yellow coris will outcompete the mandarins and pipefish for pods.

2) 2 tangs in a 90 is not ideal.


As far as order goes; flasher wrasses and yellow coris first, followed by anthias and hoevans, next flametail blenny and clowns, then filefish and starry blenny, tangs should be added last and simultaneously. The mandarins and pipefish order doesn't matter, but let the system mature for close to a year.

I realize that is a pot of pod eaters, but I have a 40 gallon refugium to compensate