Sounds like a lot to me... 10 in a 45G... 3 of them wrasses, and most likely an angel that will be a mini poop machine... I feel 5 in my 30G is too many (2clowns, 1 Coral Beauty, 1 6line Wrasse, 1 Twinspot hogfish)... minimal inverts 6-7 snails, no crabs, 1 cleaner shrimp..

What was the skimmer again? That might be the difference, as I am running skimmerless right now.

ya thats what i was thinking but its only 7 if i loose the gobies. all angels should be around 4" mature not 6" like some others.

all thats making an appearance for sure at this point are the 3 wrasse. from there definity an angel, then i am not sure. wouldnt mind going small to get the count up one or 2. just looking for some open water swimmers. also considering a signal goby for sandsifting. this is what i mean, narrowing the list down is impossible.

neon goby is a .5G pico fish so i hardly count that in the equasion. and the bass and blenny are smaller than most in the species.

what i am looking for is some good small fish suggestions that are not damses and chromis. thinking ome clown gobies but i have heard they like to eat sps.

skimmer is a ESHOPPS PSK 75H. supposed to be good upto 75. i figure the additional 50% capacity is not bad. since most vendors rate their skimmers too high. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZL2J...layer_embedded

well i added my first fish this week a potters angel. i know its not a good idea adding angels first but i am unsure as what other fish i want at this point. i have added my sps today. and will be adding my 3 flame wrasse on wed of next week. from there i am not sure where i want to go for the last fish. i thik i may be adding my 2 perks so i guess that would be it. any suggestions?

Well it took 2 weeks but finally got my potters angel eating brine.... heres hoping it starts taking mysis.

I added my 2 true percs to this tank last week aswell.

picking up my 3 hawaiian fame wasses tommorrow:mrgreen::mrgreen:

Glad he's eating, hope everything goes well... I had to look up the Hawaiian Flame wrasses.

Can't wait for pics when everything's settled in :biggrin:

Well my flame wrasse are home and getting dripped in a bucket. will ad pics later.

Ok so the male seem sto be ok and starting to swim about, but the females are still hiding managed to get a vid and some bad pics.
one pic is of one very stresed flame wrasse in a bucket.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vx7oNmTqsk



http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/q...8/45GReef3.jpg

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/q...iianFlame2.jpg

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/q...aiinFlame1.jpg

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/q...aiianFlame.jpg

Well its ony been a day but the flames are doing quite well. my angel was chasing one of the females at first but has since stopped.

no picture can do these fish justice they are just beautiful.

too bad i didnt get them in time for the Red photo contest. although getting a good pic has proved quite difficult.

Still cant get a great pic but heres the best of what i could get today. This is the male.

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/q...ameWrasse1.jpg

Hooray...
 

well my potters angel is finally taking pellets. took 5 weeks and i think its just to spite the other fish, but none the less its eating pellets...:mrgreen: