Stocking List Thoughts!

[gregzz4]

I agree with the above ideas about the Hippo
You'll enjoy a Kole tang. It'll probably make friends with your planned One Spot as they are both very active and will scare the crap out of all your other fish during feedings as they like to dart around

Do you really want 2 clowns ? They are territorial enough in singles ...
I got rid of mine 'cause he/she turned into a territorial Jerk at about 16 months

Chromis tend to, from reading, kill each other off or just flat out die, so you'll end up with 1, or 2 if you're lucky - maybe 3

Bangaii Cardinals are boring as hell. Just hover. When mine hit 18 months it started bossing everyone around. Jerk

Chalk Bass I don't have experience with, but I think they tend to hover so - boring

I have a Purple Firefish and, although it's nice to look at .... boring

I have 2 Flasher Wrasses - Filamented and Yellow fin - neither one flashes ... boring. The Yellow is nice to look at though

Royal Grammas are a bit boring too as they don't move around much

I haven't had Yellow tangs, and haven't yet risked Angels although your 2 are the ones on my list if I ever feel 'risky'

I went through a whole bunch of what you are thinking about right now
I got rid of my Kole, One Spot and Ocellaris and bought a bunch of Wrasses
The available colors and dispositions covered everything I was looking for

Good luck !!

[Taipan]

With regards to the blue/green chromis; be prepared that one or even a few disappear for no reason at all. Whether it be to poor health, predators, or infighting. People start off with a school and over time; they just seem to diminish in numbers.

An alternative to consider are Threadfin or Blue Eyed Cardinals. They also tend to disappear per se but less so in my experience. I'm not sure if that even made sense.

Also; as an aside - I'm partial to Triggerfish in the the Xanthichthys genus. Not as aggressive.

That's my 2 cents. Good luck.

[EdsonFOWLR]

The reason for the way my list is variety, even if the fish don't move as much as some of the others. The Hippo tang, I might still go with as I really like them, but I might just co with one clown to try to avoid potential problems in the future. The chromis I didn't think would be a problem as long as I had a group of them, unless someone can suggest something else in their place. The kole tang looks kinda interesting, but the sailfin tank just doesent appeal to me. Are there any triggers that I could stock instead of the chromis or are they to aggressive?

[FishingGoalie]

Instead of the chromis maybe a few Anthias?

[EdsonFOWLR]

Originally Posted by FishinGoalie

Instead of the chromis maybe a few Anthias?

Any particular Anthias you would recommend?

[Cujo#31]

Any of the Anthias are nice. Avoid having more than one male or have high enough ratio of female to male (3 or 4 females to each male) and that SHOULD avoid potential conflicts with males as they will form harems. That does not avoid violence, but may significantly reduce conflicts.

[albert_dao]

Why go FOWLR? All these fish are reef safe

[Taipan]

Nice response. Slippery slope......