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Hello everyone, I'm starting my fish list now and like everything in this hobby is open to change! Please tell me what you think, plan mix reef eventually. They will be going into a red sea reefer 750xxl, I know it's a long list so far! Dont curse me too bad, thanks for the feedback.

1. Red line wrasse
2. Sandhopper blenny
3.diamond watchman goby
4. Pink spotted watchman goby
5. Sleeper railway glider goby
6. Dracula goby
7. Bartlett fairy Mathias
8. Yasha goby
9.orange stripe pawn goby
10. Red head salon fairy wrasse
11. Tail spot blenny
12. Red velvet fairy wrasse
13. Pink margin fairy wrasse
14. Blue spotted sawfish
15. Algae blenny- red fin African sailfish
16. Yellow belly regal blue tang
17. Powder blue tang
18. Gem tang -?
19. Blue tang
20. Naso tang-?
 
My thoughts:
2, 11, and 15) The rule with Blennies is that you’d probably only want 1 per tank as they are fiercely territorial. However, you have 2 very different blennies in this list with different territories, and the third one isn’t a true blenny. So you should be good!
3) Diamond Gobies aren’t watchman gobies. Just fyi if you want to pair it up. However, there is a very similar looking Orange Spotted Watchman Goby.
4) Pink Spot Watchman Goby; my favorite! I got a huge one in my tank. Maybe 7” or so. Beautiful, and a great choice for your tank!
8 & 9) These gobies are super tiny. They will get lost and you most likely will rarely see them, if ever. When they pass away; you will not even know. I recommend them for smaller tanks.
16-20) Id decrease this number slightly and take out 1 or 2 of these tangs just to make it easier on yourself. Maybe remove one of the 2 Blue Tangs.

Aside from some typos that can seem misleading at first; the list looks good. An unusual list that will be different from many others choices, and challenging to get those tangs to all cooperate.... but altogether good!

Plus I’m sure this list will adapt over time.
 
Thank you Andrew, here is my revised list. What fo you guys think and do you think it would be too much to start off with about 5 gobbies since they are small. 200 gallon total volume. Thanks

Tell me what you guys think.

I really like the porcupine puffer, Fox face rabbit fish, and emperor angel but all of them say be careful around coral!

2. Sandhopper blenny
3.diamond watchman goby
4. Pink spotted watchman goby
5. Sleeper railway glider goby
6. Dracula goby
7. Bartlett fairy Mathias
8. Ocellaris clown fish 2
9.
10. Red head solon fairy wrasse
11. Tail spot blenny
12. Red velvet fairy wrasse
13. Pink margin fairy wrasse
14. Blue spotted jawfish
15. Algae blenny- red fin African sailfish
16. Sailfin tang or naso tang???
17. Powder blue tang
18.
19. Blue tang
20.
 
I absolutely love puffers. They have wonderful personalities, and I could get a few of them to sit in my hand while feeding them. So stinkin adorable.

But man, those guys would eat everything, and once they got a taste for soft corals it was over. After that, I always kept them in aggressive tanks.

Also: I'm absolutely jelly of your fish list. Mine is going to be like 5 and my kids are so upset with me :p
 
IMHO: A reef tank isn’t a reef tank without a few Clowns clowning around. They are the stars of the circus. Your revised list has 2 clowns.
- Wannabee
 
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