[MilanoMami24]

Hey, I know its me again with another beginner question.Lol sorry to keep bothering you guys.While my 75 is cycling i figure I'd start planning my stocklist. I have a Fluval 405, 10 lbs live rock(will be getting about 40 lbs more), and i will purchase a skimmer before any fish are added.I have an idea of the fish i want, and if i could get an example of what to stock from this list it would be greatly appreciated.

1 foxface or onespot rabbit fish
1 porcupine pufferfish
1 dwarf lionfish
1 snowflake moray eel
1 picasso or undulate trigger fish
1 pacific blue tang
Any suggestions on a cleanup crew???

I know thats to much of a bio-load in one tank, but which ones could i get away with,and still have a happy community?

[melancthon]

I'll save someone the trouble of mentioning that any of the tangs really don't do well in anything less than 180 - they simply need that much room to roam around.

[leebca]

Subtracting the Tangs from the list, you may note that most the fishes are those that grow large. The Triggerfish will top at about 10 inches; the Porcupine Pufferfish will get at or over 12 inches; and the Foxface will grow quickly up to its sub-adult size of about 8 inches. These fishes, even one of them is not the best choice for the 75, or, if you do, you'll a larger aquarium within a year.

If you want to keep big fishes, you need a big system.

Some of the above fishes will do fine as juveniles but as mentioned, you'd be faced with getting a larger system to accommodate their growth.

If you shorten your list to just one of the above large fishes acquired as a juvenile (large enough so the Lionfish won't eat it), and the Dwarf Lionfish and Eel, that may work out, until the Snowflake Eel gets to be over 30 inches long.

[CSeaSee]

What sort of community are you looking to set up? A relatively peaceful one, or an aggressive tank? Aggressive tanks are usually bigger, with less specimens. A 75 will limit which which aggressive specimens you can add, b/c a lot of them get large as adults. On the flip side, a 75 will have many more stocking options for a more peaceful tank.