Kole Tang needs swimming partner, need help!

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Hi all,

New to forum, tank going for about 3 months now. Introduced Kole tang about 10 days ago. I have been researching adding a swimming partner for him, any suggestions for good fit? All tank info below:

Current DT set-up, start date 10/5/15:
75 gallon, 75 lbs live rock
ph 8.2, SG 1.025, 0 ammonia and nitrite, trace nitrate
Mg ? Ca 450 Phosph ?
30 gallon sump/refugium w/ mix of macro algae (chaeto, caulerpa, red). Coralife skimmer (actually works well)
All RO/DI water from spectra life 90gpd unit.

20 gallon QT, start date 11/31/15:
SG 1.023, ph 8.2. 2lb live rock, no sand. HOB filter and small pump.

Fish in DT:
Kole Tang (12/15/15)
Starry Blenny (11/14/15)
2 Stubby Ocelaris (11/14/15)

Invertebrates in DT:
Skunk cleaner shrimp (12/13/15)
Fire Shrimp (11/28/15)
4 mixed snails
4 hermits (Cortez and blue leg)

Corals (all frags):
Leather toadstool
Birdsnest
Candy cane
Stylophora
Psammacora
Encrusting Montipora
Frogspawn
Chalice

Fish in QT:
Royal Gamma (12/13/15)
Six Line Wrasse (12/13/15)
 
I had a Hippo and Kole together in my 90G a while back. They got along fine so I decided to add a Yellow as well. After some initial bullying by the Kole everything was fine and had no issue whatsoever.
 

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