stocking order of fish

[donkeyjuju]

I have finished cycling my tank and I am starting to stock it with fish. I recently introduced a French Angel and the fish I would like to add now are:a Lionfish, porcupine puffer, Lunar or Banana Wrasse, Harlequin Tusk, Picasso Trigger and Pygmy Parrotfish or Yellow Tang. Any suggestions on which order to stock these in...I was under the impression that the Trigger, Tang, and the Puffer should go in last and the Wrasse, Tusk and Lionfish earlier. I am planning on getting all of these fish as small as possible. Am I right, or is this sort of a trial by error deal? Is there one fish that should DEFINATELY go in last among this group? Thanks.

[reefcrazy20]

well i hate to say this but the angel should have gone in last. the other fish aren't going to be as aggressive as the angel. what size tank do you have?

[Sandworm]

How large is the tank your planning on adding all these fish into?? Seems like some pretty large fish your gonna add there.. You mentioned your going to get them as small as possible. Rather difficult to suggest fish without knowing specifics on the tank.

[donkeyjuju]

I have a 100 gallon tank. It's so funny how different opinions are from the fish stores, books, and internet sources...The one thing that 2 different LFS workers told me(who both "seemed" knowledgable) was that the angelfish should go in first as the other fish I am interested in will be more aggressive...oh well. My angelfish is pretty mellow with the few damsels in the tank and she is only about 3 inches long so I figure if I start getting other fish in there soon it should hopefully work out fine. I am willing to upsize on the tank in the next year or two if need be. Is this too many fish to try to put in my tank? Could the next fish be the lionfish or the wrasse, or is that wrong...should it be a spiny box puffer or a picasso trigger? Still nobody seems to want to touch the topic of the Parrotfish. Any takers.