New to salt. Starting a 90g fowlr. HELP?

Not to give ya a short answer but yes. To all. Haha. Sounds like you got it all figured out. Everything sounds good. Fowlr will be fine with a few koralias.

 

There is a whole.monster size thread over at Reef Central where an expert will answer your stocking questions. He responds very quickly too. I will defer to him on your stock question. Let me see if I can dig up a link.
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Try this link:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2068112
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for a tank that size I highly recommend wrasse. well I recommend those for every tank but they are my favorite. come in all sorts of colors and very active with the benefit of helping to keep pest at bay. I would also look at a flame angel or any of the other dwarfs. A 90 is tough for fish only because of its size. Many of the more aggressive fish will simply get to large for it.

 

i would add your cuc after the cycle. the chromis should be fine for your tank...you will experience problems with them surviving though as they have a tendancy to die. i would look into a small school of anthias although they require 2-3 small feedings per day so that may be something to think about. your yellow tang is sized right for your tank as are your choice of clowns. according to liveaquaria picasso triggers need 180 gallons minimum to do well. triggers like to swim around alot. blue tangs also require 180 gallons according to liveaquaria. a flasher wrasse would be sharp in a 90...there is such a huge selection of wrasses to pick from. another tang that looks nice and does a great job cleaning your rocks is the kole yellow eye...mine is always working at eating algae. other options may be royal grammas, basslets...alot of great options for your size tank.

personally i would check out some of the online dealers...especially liveaquaria to get an idea of what options you have and what tank each of those options is best suited for. you may completely revamp your entire stock list once you see what other choices are available.

 

I think that the reason that the guy said that the yellow tang needs a larger tank is that technically it needs 100 gallons or more. However, even if you had a 120 gallon tank, he would then tell you that it would need to be your last fish as it will get agressive towards everything else you want to add later. He actually will steer a number of people away from yellow tangs because they are agressive.

There are a lot of stories of people keeping yellows just fine with other fish, heck I had a yellow, purple, and pacific blue in a 75 gallon for about 4 years without issue, (long term I was probably asking for trouble) but I've seen yellow tangs in 200+ gallons that are the bad-arse boss of the tank.

Which one is normal? Probably the yellow being the boss of the tank, but there are a number of times that they have worked out just fine. Just be prepared to potentially have to catch it and resell it or give it away in a few years if it gets too bossy in the tank. I know a number of people have done that with pacific blue tangs since they get really large.

 

Pdandy...glad liveaquaria gave you some inspiration. Thats what i used and still use...i think they provide a good amount of info on a fish so you get a better feel for their requirements so you know what to expect when you cross paths with that fish in a fish store.

I have a yellow tang in my 120 and a kole yellow eye...the yellow is aggressive to the kole but the kole is freaky fast. My blue jaw trigger had my yellow pinned into a corner a few months ago and ever since then the yellow has been as nice as nice can be. So they can be a very authoratative fish. Another thing i have read about tangs isnt so much the gallons as it is the length of the tank. Alot of tang authorities say no shorter then a six foot tank...alot of people, myself included, dont go by that "rule" i have two tangs in a 4 ft tank and they are fine and have plenty of open swimming space.