When I was planning on sticking with the 30 hex, you guys wisely educated me that even with a fuge, I probably couldn't keep a mandarin in it, much less with two maroon clowns which are aggresively territorial and would have beat up on the mandarin.

Do you guys think this still holds true now that I have a 115 gallon cube on the way?

Obviously, with the fuge and the 115 I have a much higher chance of success on keeping the mandarin (infact it is the fish I want the most so the tanks whole design centers around pod production) but in a larger tank is there enough room to put maroons in? In the grand scheme of things, a 30 gallon hex (9 inch sides) is not all that much smaller than a 30 X 30 inch cube... when compared to the great wide ocean...

I have a pair of black ocellarius on order but in the long view, they are second fiddle to the maroons... but if the compatibility issue doesn't weigh out in favor of it, I surely won't do it.

Your thoughts?

oh, and can't wait to meet you all this sunday!