Stocking suggestions

[Fish Finder]

Hello everyone, I am new here to the site but not new to keeping saltwater. My 150G tank currently has only one fish in it. Yes sad i know only 1 fish lol. It's a pink spotted gobie. What would u suggest i put in the tank? Not a fan of common fish since ive have had most of them already. I am thinking maybe 5-6 fish total. Do u agree they can fit good in there comfortable or could i get away with more or do less? Here's what i currently have in the tank:

3 xl cleaner shrimp
2 xxl blood shrimp
1 xxl banded shrimp
4 xl caramel shrimp
3 sally crabs
10 red hermits
5 black and white hermits
10 mexican turbo's
100 snails (the black burring kind)
1 pink spotted gobie
125 lbs of live rock
8" sand bed

One thing i deff want if i can do is a Harlequin shrimp pair. Can i do that with my current invert list? I have had all my inverts for about 1 1/2 years. The tank has been set up for 2 years.

 

[Deanos]

What filtration do you have? Live rock, skimmer, live sand?

 

[Deanos]

Also, what's your total fish budget for the 5-6 fish? Come to think of it...it's easier if you say what fish YOU like and we can give compatibility advice.

 

[Fish Finder]

What filtration do you have? Live rock, skimmer, live sand?

Currently running with a renna xp3 and xp2 (xp3 is chemical filtration and the xp2 has bio stars in it) Getting two new overflow kit's this weekend and changing to a 30G Refuigum and 40G sump. Ive got about 125lbs of live rock in the tank and about 8" of live sand. I have a skimmer on the tank but haven't been running it since there are only inverts in the tank.

 

[Fish Finder]

Also, what's your total fish budget for the 5-6 fish? Come to think of it...it's easier if you say what fish YOU like and we can give compatibility advice.

Since i will be doing this over 6 month's time most likely since that's the best way giving each fish and the tank one month to settle i would say $3k for all 5-6 fish.

 

[danelam]

Since i will be doing this over 6 month's time most likely since that's the best way giving each fish and the tank one month to settle i would say $3k for all 5-6 fish.

$500 per fish?

You're gonna have some nice fish

 

[wxl14]

What do you mean by 8 inch sand bed.. ? Do actually have 8 inches of sand in your tank?

 

[suntzu]

Wow! Nice budget. It woudl be interesting to see what you get.

 

[Fish Finder]

What do you mean by 8 inch sand bed.. ? Do actually have 8 inches of sand in your tank?

Well it varries though out the tank between 5-8" i would say. I did 2 bag's of black sand 2 bag's of white sand, 2 buckets of sand beneath them and 3 bag's of live sand mix into the black and white sand .

 

[ZZROCOOL]

well since your "icon" is of a Borbonius then I recommend a Borb!

 

[Fish Finder]

Wow! Nice budget. It woudl be interesting to see what you get.

$500 per fish?

You're gonna have some nice fish

I want these fish to be the last fish i get. So no more playing about

I wanted to get the caledonia Conspic Angelfish from live aqua but i was told it would eat my corals . So come on ppl suggest away

 

[Fish Finder]

well since your "icon" is of a Borbonius then I recommend a Borb!

I already have 2 in my 22G pod I've had them for 6 months now. I plain on down the line to move them to the 150G

 

[jejton]

What I'm most curious about is how did you have patience to wait that long before putting in fish.

 

[Fish Finder]

What I'm most curious about is how did you have patience to wait that long before putting in fish.

Oh don't get me wrong there were a few fish in the tank but got rid of them back when i started to get the inverts because i would rather have them instead. And those fish wern't reef safe. Now i just got the reef lighting about 3 month's ago for the 150G so i am also adding coral at the same time


Do you think my Borbonius Anthias would bet along with a Fathead Sunburst Anthias??