Hello, I am looking to set up a 35 gallon, 140ltr tank. (length x width x height Inches — 36x15x15, cm — 90x40x40 approx)
This tank is pre-drilled for a sump, and I have a space below the tank (inches — 30x17x24, cm — 76x45x60), to include the sump, ato and anything else that might be needed/recommended.

This would be with a sand bed of at least two inches of live sand (any deeper bottom layers being dry sand), and a mixture between dry and wet live rock initially. Any corals for the tank are likely to just be zoes and softies, like my 9 gallon, 35ltr, tank.

I currently breed a lot of livefood, both for my smaller tank and for my freshwater tanks I have. These include daphnia, grindle worms, vinegar eels, microworms, bbs, and looking to set up a tank for copepods as well.

I make my own saltwater as I have an RO/DI unit.

I am wondering what would be suitable for this tank? Especially considering I am still reasonably new to keeping saltwater tanks.

The only ones for sure are
1x Cleaner Shrimp (the reason I wanted a saltwater tank since I first saw one as a kid)
1x Royal Gramma (the condition of getting help moving the tank around and setting it up (still like them, so no issue for me))

Possibilities I am thinking of
1x Goby/Shrimp pair
1x Jawfish

Fish that I know I am not interested in, no matter how many have tried to persuade me otherwise.
Clownfish

Any help would be greatly appreciated, whether that be about the stockings, or maybe even what rock amount or preferred sands.
Thanks

Hi, @ZanaZoola14 Welcome to ReefBase. 

Do you have any pictures of your existing tank? That'd be nice to see.  😁

What have you got against clownfish?

How about 3 to 5 green chromis? They don't look much in pictures, but they occupy the upper water area and flash around in a tight, nervous group which adds a lot of movement, flashes of light and shadow if you've got point-source lighting like LEDs. A six line wrasse stay quite small, and mind their own business, the tank is at the smaller side of acceptable for a wrasse, but you mentioned all the food you have an abundance of, so shouldn't be a problem.

Hi, thank you!

I will try and attach some pictures of my little set up. The corals are still very new so not grown at all. Currently got peppermint shrimp and a clown goby, look to add a firefish. Maybe the cleaner shrimp as well to open up the 35 more.

Some of my youngest memories are of going to the lfs, and clownfish never caught my eye. They were never like the cleaner shrimp or the cardinals that I just had to look at each time I went (and this was weekly for the first ten years of my life). They've never appealed to me, and it is why I don't want to keep them in this tank. (I had to argue with a lfs about not getting them for my 9 as they said first fish is always a pair of clowns, none negotiable. They eventually let me get my clown goby, the peppermint was a stowaway on some live rock.)

Green chromis, I did look into them before but saw a lot about either one or a full shoal. And my tank size is not large enough for a full shoal with how energetic these fish are. But would the 3 or 5 work, as they were on my possibilities beforehand?

With the wrasse, if I do go wrasse, I am likely to go for a possum wrasse. I just like the look of the possums more, and I believe they're slightly smaller so maybe more suited to my tank?

Thank you for your help and suggestions!