Fish Compatability for Reef Tank

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I wanted to see if the below fish are compatible. These are just some of the fish I like I will defintley not be putting them all in my tank just a select few. I currently have a 55gallon reef tank with one sleeper banded goby, one peppermint shrimp, 1 emerald crab and 2 turbo snails.

-Valentino Puffer (really like puffers personality but not sure how they do with inverts)
-Long nose Hawkfish
-2x Ocellaris clownfish
-Coral Beauty Dwarf Angel
-Dragonet
-Purple Dotty Back
-Royal Gramma
-Yellow Candy Hogfish
-Flame Angel
-Blood Fire Shrimp
-Tiger Snapping Shrimp
-Hermit Crabs
 
Check the fish descriptions on liveaquaria.com, they're pretty concise and informative.

-The puffer will possibly eat the shrimp
-The dwarf angels may eat soft corals
-The dragonet may starve in too small and too young a tank
-the dottyback is likely to pick fights with the gramma
 
Agreed with everything in the previous post. Dragonets are not fish to be taken lightly and require a tank/food source built around them. Take it from someone who learned that the hard way. Dwarf Angels can also go after LPS Corals. I had a Flame Angel that went after my Euphyllia Frags and my current Coral Beauty has taken the odd exploratory nip at my Euphyllia Corals but nothing serious and in point of fact seems to be leaving them alone the last few months. I do keep it pretty well fed though (daily seaweed/nori feedings and 2 small feedings a day of LRS Reef Frenzy).
 
Leave out the longnose hawk, flame & coral beauty, puffer, purple dottyback, dragonet, & yellow candy hog. Everything else should do ok, get scarlet hermits, blue leg hermits might go after your turbo snails if there’s not enough algae or other food, hope this helps
 

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