Fish to add to reefer 170?

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Greetings all. I normally don't ask for stocking suggestions. I ussualy have a pretty good idea what I want or see something and research it for compatability etc. The situation I have right now is a reefer 170, 34g display. About 40 gal total. I have some large fleshy lps coral and a bunch of stick frags. Current fish are a copperband butterfly and a lawnmower blenny, along with 1 blood red fire shrimp. My nutrients are low. N barely detectable except when dosing sodium nitrate. Phosphate is undetectable but came back as 0.01 on a recent icp test. I want to raise nutrients by adding another fish or 2 so I can feed more as apposed to dosing. I realize at some point the butterfly will have to be moved to my other tank but no plans on that being in the immediate future as it has some growing to do first. Any suggestions? I thought about cardinal fish but I'm really not too fond of them. The CBB is the center piece for now and the blenny stays hidden except when I feed. I guess I could do one or maybe one of each bengi or pj but wanted to seek suggestions first. It's a bare bottom tank so I dont know if there are any small wrasse that may work? I don't want anything even remotely aggressive as the CBB has been a fish I have always wanted and it is doing so good I don't want to take any risks with aggression. Thanks for reading this somewhat long winded post. I added a pic so you can see the rock scape 20220831_144255.jpg
 
Let me just do my casual little trick first… Temptation :)
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This my friend is a Pseuodcheilinops ataenia, the Pink Streaked Wrasse. This is one of 4 species of wrasse that will fit in your tank. Another species I don’t have any photos of but have owned is Wetmorella tanakai. Any of the Wetmorella or Pseudocheilinops species will fit in your tank. For more information I have an article on Pseudocheilinops ataenia (The care for Wetmorella is almost identical).
 
Let me just do my casual little trick first… Temptation :)
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CDDC9B70-F253-4810-89D7-62FBE8C296E3.jpeg

104E7B38-5E61-4652-A96F-0FA43A37EA67.jpeg


This my friend is a Pseuodcheilinops ataenia, the Pink Streaked Wrasse. This is one of 4 species of wrasse that will fit in your tank. Another species I don’t have any photos of but have owned is Wetmorella tanakai. Any of the Wetmorella or Pseudocheilinops species will fit in your tank. For more information I have an article on Pseudocheilinops ataenia (The care for Wetmorella is almost identical).


Thank you. I thought there may be a wrasse that would work but wasn't sure. I have a 6 line that I really like but know it won't work in this tank. It resides in a 180 gallon with larger fish so it is very well behaved.
 
I was able to score a yellow banded possum wrasse and a Chalk bass yesterday at lfs. Really like the idea of a pink streaked wrasse but the only place I could find one was live aquaria and I don't buy from them any longer. They are still hiding so no pics but they did dart out and eat this morning so I'm hopeful they'll make it. Thanks for the pigmy wrasse suggestion @i cant think
 

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