72 gallon Tank Cycled, now i wanted to stock it!Here's what I plan on putting in it..

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1- LARGE Maroon Clown- Adult Size-7"
1-Green Bird Wrasse- Adult Size= 11"
1-Bridled Burrfish- Adult Size=10"
1-Dogfaced Puffer(12") or 1 Colored Angler 10"

How's this? too much for a 72 gallon? Compatible except for the angler , right? As long as the fish are big the angler isnt a threat, right? Suggestions? Thanks!!
 
I wouldn't mix the burrfish and the dogface puffer. Burr fish tend to be a bit shy about eating, and having something as piggy as a dogface in there will make it a challenge to get the burr fish to feed.

The thing to remember about anglers is that they can eat a fish which is about 60% their size--the clown might be a goner. If you aren't buying thse fish as adults, remember they won't all grow at the same rate.

I would probably go with the clown, the wrasse, and then one of the other three fish--probably wither the puffer or the burr fish. Puffers, burr fish and anglers will contribute quite a bit to the bio-load of your tank, and will want large territories to be comfortable. I just wouldn't mix them.
 
I personally would be thinking about some smaller fish for that size tank. The Maroon clown would be fine but the others a little big for your tank. The Wrasse really likes to cruise and I would not suggest anything less then a 150 for them. The Burfish, what is the sci. name for this fish? The dogface is a great fish for a puffer :D but he will soon be a bit cramped in that tank as they grow pretty fast.
 
Dale's right about the wrasse--sorry, I blew it on that one. Will the dogface get that big? Most of them I've seen as adults were chunky, but under 10 inches. I know they are waste factories though.

The burrfish is likely this guy:
http://www.exotictropicals.com/encyclo/marine/puffers/stripedburr.htm

Ours recently disappeared (truly--was there at 6:30 am, gone without a trace by 5:00pm). We tore the tank apart, he couldn't have jumped (not an agile swimmer), no ammonia spike, no sign of getting out, nothing in the tank that could have eaten the entire fish in less than 12 hours...nothing...Just an abducted fish. Very sad.
 
I'll strongly second Reefscape's suggestion to keep the angler separate. These guys are a pain to feed and need either live food without competition or direct, spot feeding after a lot of training.
 
Dale--we thought about that, but I doubt it. One cat won't touch anything that isn't hard, dry cat food. The other one really likes potatoes...And while I wouldn't put it past Puck to eat a suicidal fish, he is NOT a neat eater. There would have been a mess somewhere in the house. He played with a mouse for who knows how long before I took it away, so a fish that was still twitching would have warranted at least a couple hours play.

Sigh--I wish we did know what happened to the durned fish.
 
Not to hijack sbpbasme76's thread, but OrionGirl, what else is in the tank? Anything that could have MAYBE eaten it? I'm willing to believe dang near anything after looking for a dwarf lion for hours before noticing the bulge in a much smaller eel's belly...
 
Not without seeing the lump. Other occupants are a lionfish that has a slightly smaller body mass than the burr-fish, a trigger that's about 1/4 the size, a snowflake that is as slinky and skinny as normal, a mandarin goby and a lawnmower blenny. A curly cue anemone (this thing won't die--it's been banned to the FO tank--newbie mistake), but it would have had a visible lump. At this point in time, I think someone breaking in a stealing it or an alien abduction is a more plausible possibilty.
 
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