Any Butterfly Fish in a 45 Gallon?

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Just out of curiosity I was wondering if I could keep a butterfly fish in my 45 gallon tank. The current tank members I have are 2 ocellaris clownfish (still young), 3 blue-green chromis (still young), and 1 fire fish. The inverts in the tank rn are 10 Mexican red-legged hermit crabs, 5 nassarius snails, 2 emerald crabs, 1 scarlet skunk cleaner shrimp, 1 fire shrimp, and I'm planning on getting a bubble tip anemone once my phosphate problem clears up. I have media bags in my canister filter that are helping with that. I have 1 powerhead, a HOB filter good enough for a 70 gallon, and a canister good enough for a 60 gallon.
 
I don't think a 45 will be good for any butterfly, the smallest butterfly common in the hobby that I know of is the Atlantic Longnose and even then they are recommended for at least a 50 gallon on liveaquaria. I wouldn't put a butterfly in anything smaller than a 75 personally, they need a lot of room for foraging and space from other tankmates. Some butterfly's need even more space.
 
Possibly a baby C. kleinii but they will outgrow the tank pretty fast and need a 55 gallon at least
 

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