One downside with the moorish idol is that it is ridiculously difficult to keep long term. Even short term for that matter. They are gorgeous fish, but there's a reason why virtually no one has them in their tanks. They have a sadly low survival rate.

Take this 'as is'
I'm no expert, but I've learned a few things this last couple years

When I first started my tank I asked a similar question, but shouldn't have
There's so much info on the web if you look for it
Research each fish you like and check their compatability against each other
Use this tool for reference

As far as your list goes, the first things I see as bad are;
Lionfish and your current stock
CBB and a new tank
Trigger and SPS, plus a tank not large enough
Leopard wrasses are sensitive, so wait 6 months or a year for your tank to mature and you still have to be careful
Cleaner wrasses need natural food ie parasites, so I'd suggest a no go
Chromis are jerks to each other so good luck with that. And they're food for the lion

Check out liveaquaria for lots of info, and do some cross-research about the fish you 'must have' before you make any decisions

Basically, I suggest you decide whether you want a 'gentle', 'active', or 'aggressive' tank before you buy any more fish as what's on your list is not a good mix

I have a cleaner shrimp and feel bad for him as there's no interest from the fish to 'be friends' because our tank is parasite-free, 'knock on wood'

I hand feed ours on a regular basis due to guilt

As Kien said the Moorish Idol are very hard to keep and live best in very mature tanks as they like to eat sponges. Best kept in the ocean

I wasn't planning on picking most of these fish of for 6-12 months - with the exception of one. I need atleast one more fish to make the tank look like it has something in it for now haha. So taking some of the feed back here is my thoughts (still open to more suggestions of course or even a better stocking list. If someone can tell me of a fish that is reef safe, active, overall a good fish i'll look into it!) Overall i just want an active tank but as much coloration / uniqueness as possible but all within the realm of safe

Harlequen Tusk: Final addition? and get a small one if i am to get one at all.

Copperband Butterfly - wait a year , which i am fine with

Flame Angel- Haven't seen feedback on this. I assume they are OK and may
get another one to fill the spot i had for him. havent decided yet >.<

Trigger - If i get one (not saying i am) feed alot so they don't destroy coral

Purple Tang - This looks like a safe, active, pretty fish. Perhaps this will be my first new addition. Can I get two different tangs? I read that purple and yellow tangs may not like eachother... is there two tangs that will get along? Would two be happy in my tank?

Dwarf Lionfish - will eat my fish!

Cleaner Wrasse - I thought these were a good idea but based on that they need parasites to eat maybe not? Maybe thats why LFSs have them because they probably constantly get parasites. I should ideally have none - so no point in this or cleaner shrimp

Leopard Wrasse - Wait a year

Chromis - not sure if it was a chromis that i even liked... I cant find the name of the fish i liked - it very well may have been a damsel. It was black with blue 'stars' / dots. So If i get a chromis just get one.

Damsels ? Get one? Get more than one? Maybe Get none. /shrug

Moorish Idol - Waste of money will just die. Although I do have sponge tanking over the bottom of some of my rocks! Hate this sponge :( Tried killing it a few times but haven't been very successful

FoxFace - no feedback on this still seems like a viable option for me

Great feedback so far guys thanks!

Taipan your tank looks great! It's basically the tank I had envisioned when I bought mine. My only fear is i tend to have awful luck! For me if something can go wrong it does!

The experience I have with mixing fish that aren't recommend together is limited to my freshwater cichlids experience. Which went over really well mixing south/central american cichlids with african of many different lakes (I like to get one of very fish! makes for a super diverse / pretty tank haha)

But cichlids were way cheaper to buy vs saltwater fish tend to be fairly expensive so i want to make sure i dont waste money and kill fish that don't need to die! Considering these fish are all mostly ocean caught - seems like a shame to have one die!

Is this the chromis (damsel) you were looking at?

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...119&pcatid=119

Charles

Yes that it! I think that's a pretty safe choice to get one of those (judging by live aquariia description)

Thanks!

So you decided on going with an aggressive tank?

I assumed it would be peaceful with other fish based on the description but I am probably wrong

LA quote:

It is overly aggressive, and therefore, only one should be kept per tank. An aquarium of 50 gallons or larger provides suitable housing.