stocking recommendations

[dadonoflaw]

i am planning on having these fish in a 125 gal which i will be adding a sump to of probably about 50gal. a yellow tang a coral beauty angel 2 yellowtail damsels a mandarin dragonet a clown fish a melanarus wrasse and 3 or 4 anthias. for this load i am trying to decide between deltec and h&s. i would also like to hear if any vendors sell either of these in store. i am looking at the a200-1260 (1099.00) a150-f2001 (649.00) the deltec 701 and the apf600. thoughts recommendations.

[Reefbaby]

I assume you're talking skimmer....I have an H&S and am very happy with it. Both are good brands, so I guess you can't really go bad with either!

[dadonoflaw]

yes i mean skimmers but i guess i am asking should i go with the bigger skimmer or the smaller from either brand.

[Rob]

go with the larger one, i say this for the following reasons
the tanks is fairly large
tangs are messy fish
anthia's usually require quite heavy feeding

and on a side note, are you sure you want damsels in there? 9 times out of 10, they are very aggressive and little terrors in the tank. search around and you will find many horror stories, not only from what they did, but from the reefer trying to get them out of the tank. its your tank and your call, i just want to make sure you know about it..

[dadonoflaw]

ive heard that about damsels. i guess this happens when they get larger cuz right now they get punked by the yellow tang and coral beauty. not real pressed to keep them particularly with the mandarin (food competition) but how would i get them out.

[Seahorsedreams]

I agree they are not a great mix for most fish. They are hard to remove, however, and usually results in some dismantling I'm afraid.

[Reefbaby]

I will refer you to this thread - there were some great tips on catching fish...