Flasher or fairy wrasse for reefer 350

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Looking for recommendations for a solo reef friendly wrasse for a Red Sea reefer 350.

Currently my stock list is as follows:
1 Banggai cardinalfish
2 clownfish (mated pair)
1 azure damselfish
1 YWG + pistol shrimp
 
If you want a single wrasse, I add a Eightline Flasher or a Radiant wrasse.

Flasher, add Diamond Tail Flasher (P. attenuatus), McCoskeri or Yellowfin. Really any of the flasher would be fine, but there are some beautiful P. attenuatus out there. They get dark in our tank and will not look as beautiful as they were in the wild (deep less light). This is my favorite attainable Flasher. Everything else (except Eightline Flasher, P. octotaenia) are the same IMO. The Eightline is significantly bigger than any other flasher.

My Eightline Pair that I raise from babies of about 1.5 inch. Sorry for the blur courtship pictures. They are not easy to take.
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My Diamond Tail Flasher Pair that I raised from babies that were about 1 inch also:
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Two of my favorite Fairy wrasse that are docile are: Pin-tail and Lubbock Fairy wrasses:
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A few common Flashers, they are about the same:
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Regarding Halichoeres wrasse, my favorite hand down is the Radiant wrasse. H. iridis.
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I have an XL300 tank with a pintail fairy wrasse, 6 line wrasse, rohmboid wrasse, blue streak cleaner wrasse and a hogfish which looks like a wrasse along with 7 other fish.
 

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