My fish list

[ClimberChris]

Well I am working on a reef tank, 3 zoas and a sun coral so far, but as for fish this is what I want in the end for my 46 gallon bow front. Does anyone see any potential issues?

2 clowns (already have)
2 Bengal cardinals (already have)
1 Blue Spotted Jaw Fish (aware they are jumpers ;D)
1 Flame Angel
1 psychedelic mandarin

Would I have room for more fish or is that pushing it? Also, how many turbos should I have in my tank?

 

[ClimberChris]

oo yea and a pair of harlequin shrimp and a peppermint shrimp.

 

[JohnS_323]

That sounds like a pretty good mix, except for the mandarin. You'll have to wait a while for that one. They need a really mature tank and even then success with them is hot or miss (and sadly it's mostly miss). You could go with a couple of scooter blennies. They're hardier and make a pretty cool, low bio-load addition.

 

[mikem]

I agree with John.

 

[mnat]

Those blue dots are escape artist so be carefull, they also love to reaquascape anything on the sand bed. Before he jumped (through half inch grating) he rearranged all of our frags on the sand and one vanished on us. Mandarins are tough and unless you have a huge pod population, or are adding live pods or brine they are difficult to feed.

 

[JRWOHLER]

I would skip the mandarin completely as your angel and jawfish are going to be major competition for food. Otherwise looks good.

 

[patrick3578]

the flame angel is a little risky in a reef.