What should I stock my tank with?

[BenHyder]

I am going to be starting a 75 gallon reef tank and I want to know what fish can I put in it? It has a 20-30 gallon sump and I'm going to have live rock and sand. I would love to have some tangs but I'm thinking my tank is to small for most. I want some colorful fish that will make my tank pop! And what do you guys think is the limit I can add to this tank?

 

[tyler1503]

You could possibly pull off a kole tang
There's heaps of fish you could add to a 75. What type of fish are you looking for? Larger fish? Smaller fish? Community? Predators? Aggressive?
I'm assuming community fish as you said you want colourful fish. Anthias, wrasse, blennies and angels are all great fish!

 

[WindeyD]

So many directions you could go, if I was starting a 75 my fish list would be:
Pair of clowns
Starry blenny
Royal gramma
3-5 blue green chromis
Fairy wrasse
Again so many directions you can go, just do your research and have fun. Good luck!!

 

[BenHyder]

Ya, I would probably do mostly community fish. I would like to try a dwarf lion fish but that may not work out. I would like some bigger fish like a yellow tang or something but they probably get too big.

 

[tyler1503]

A Kole tang or tomini tang could work in a 75.
You could definitely do a dwarf fuzzy or two but it would limit your other fish choices. No small fish and a tang could be trouble as they love to graze the rocks and could pick at the lions by mistake. It's Feinstein possible though

 

[BenHyder]

Awesome, thanks for the advice everyone!