I'm trying to put together a fish list. This is the biggest reef tank for me so far, with my last tank before the 10 gallon being a 40 breeder. At these dimensions it opens up a few more possibilities, but I still have to be mindful of the fishes' needs. Basing my decisions off information I can find on LiveAquaria, here's the preliminary stocking list:
1 - Kole Tang
6 - Chalk Bass
1 - Carpenter's Wrasse
1 - Neon goby
1 - Court Jester Goby
1 - Green mandarin
3 - Banggai/Kaudern's Cardinalfish
1 - Pistol shrimp/goby pair
1 - Skunk cleaner shrimp
I think once I get the tank cycled I'll start with some small chalk bass and cardinalfish (and maybe skunk cleaner shrimp) and let the tank stew there for a few months again, letting the rock mature (probably adding a few corals in the meantime) and then progress onto the pistol shrimp/goby pair, wait a few more months to let the rock continue to mature, hopefully get a solid pod population going, then add the wrasse and gobies when there's "stuff" for them to eat on the rocks. Finally, I'll add the mandarin and the kole tang, once I'm sure the tank is mature and able to provide at least some food from the live rock.
To get the live rock going after the initial cycle, I'll be adding Live Rock Enhance, since I had such a good experience with it in my 10 gallon - it really turned things around after a particularly bad ugly phase last summer.
In the meantime, there's still a lot of equipment to buy:
Needed to get the tank wet:
Sand
Rock
Return pump
Heater(s) and heater controller - planning on a couple Finnex titanium 150W plugged into an Inkbird controller for redundancy/failsafe)
Needed for coral:
2 - Ocean Revive T-247b
1 - VorTech MP-40 (want to add a second down the road, I think)
1 - AI Prime Fuge
And just for inspiration, an image from Creative Commons
"Colorful Reefs" by Kadu Pinheiro is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0