Final Fish Stocking Additions -- help me make it Special!!!

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I am at that point where I am down to my last few fish. (Next on to adding corals!) I really want to be very selective my last additions so please chime in. I have a 300 gallon reef tank with some LPS (Gonipora, Hammers, Lobo, Octospawn). My current group of fish are peaceful The male Bartlett & female Bartlett can be a little frisky to new additions but usually settle down. I want to keep the tank peaceful.
I don't mind spending a little more on a special fish or two - I've been saving towards this. But I want the last additions to have:
Vibrant color or
Personality or
An Unusual 'Look'

Examples of fish I like:
Goldflake Angel (but I have LPS coral) ;
Harlequin Tusk (but I like my cleaner shrimp)
Sunburst Anthias (but LFS told me I would rarely see it)
Coral Beauty (this is a real contender)
Wrasse (like Potter's but I've heard they are hard to get past QT/eating)
Yellow Clown Gobies (Gobiodon okinawae)
***your suggestions of fish I haven't thought of

CURRENT STOCK

* 2 Helfrichi Firefish (bonded pair)
* 2 Matted Filefish (bonded pair)
* 1 YWG (female)
*1 BlueSpot Jawfish
*1 Pearly Jawfish
* 1 Longnose Hawkfish
* 1 Pixy Hawkfish
* 1 Ember Blenny
* 2 Midas Blennies (bonded pair)
*3 Pajama Cardinals
* 1 Ocellaris (black and white with orange snout ) Clownfish
*3 McCoskers Flasher Wrasse (1 supermale + 2 females)
*1 Filamented Flasher Wrasse (not positive on this i.d. - sold to me as McCoskers but has a lyretail and long filamented spiky dorsal fin. Once I get good pic I will get 'evolved' to i.d. it for me)
*
4 Bartlett Anthias ( 1 male & 3 females)
*1 Whitetail Bristletooth Tang
*1 Zebrasoma Tang
* 1 Bluechin Trigger (female)
--1 Ocellaris Clown (would like to add one smaller ocellaris so current clown will have a mate)
(Inverts: Pair cleaner shrimp, flame shrimp, various snails)

DEFINITE FUTURE ADDITIONS

--1 Royal Gramma --- to be added (Gramma loreto)
--1 Blotched Anthias---to be added (Odontanthias borbonius)
--1 Red Head Solon Fairy Wrasse to be added(Cirrhilabrus solorensis)
-- 1 Orange-Back Fairy Wrasse to be added(Cirrhilabrus aurantidorsalis)

Thanks
 
Male lineatus wrasse is a real showstopper and will work well with your other fish.

Purple firefish are decent sized, bright purple, and peaceful.
 
Thanks. I love the looks of the Male lineatus . Would purple firelish coexist with my helfrichi pair? Would I need to add 2?
 
Be aware that the Yellow Clown Gobies could munch on your acros. I had two that killed several before I caught them.
 
Be aware that the Yellow Clown Gobies could munch on your acros. I had two that killed several before I caught them.
Thanks -unfortunately I seem to kill the little Acro frags I have tried -even without help from a clown goby. :(
I wouldn't want them irritate my LPS though-do they bother LPS as well?
 
Thanks -unfortunately I seem to kill the little Acro frags I have tried -even without help from a clown goby. :(
I wouldn't want them irritate my LPS though-do they bother LPS as well?
No. They won't bother LPS. They kill parts of acros because that is where they lay their eggs.
 
Any other last suggestions?
 

IF YOU HAD TO TAKE A REEFING EXAM, WOULD YOU PASS?

  • Yes!

    Votes: 32 45.7%
  • Not yet, but I have one that I want to buy in mind!

    Votes: 9 12.9%
  • No.

    Votes: 26 37.1%
  • Other (please explain).

    Votes: 3 4.3%

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