New fish for 60 gallon, ideas?

Anyone else have problems with a diamond goby?

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I’m giving my diamond goby back to my lfs today as he has been covering all my corals and he has even gone so far as to pull snails off the glass and pull coral plugs off the rocks. Any recommendations for some cool fish? I currently have a yellow tang, pair of clowns, mandarin, filefish and bicolor blenny.
 
I am a fan of fairy wrasses' as they are really pretty and peaceful. Pearly / yellow headed jawfish are funny.
 
flame or coral beauty angels
or even a bellus angel

I'm partial to having a nice angel in my tank, but that's just me.
Would they do okay with corals? I’ve heard they like to pick at some coral.
 
Flame or coral beauty angels are a gamble, but many folks keep them in reefs. They would be borderline, for size, in a 60 gallon. Bellus are totally reef safe, but get too large.

I would look into wrasses. What are the tank's dimensions? Do you have sand?
 
Flame or coral beauty angels are a gamble, but many folks keep them in reefs. They would be borderline, for size, in a 60 gallon. Bellus are totally reef safe, but get too large.

I would look into wrasses. What are the tank's dimensions? Do you have sand?
It’s a 4’x1’x2’
I have a 3 inch sand bed too
 
I would pick one of the Halichoeres genus wrasses (melanurus, chrysus, luecoxanthus, red lined, claudia) . They need sand. If you don't have a good fuge going for the mandarin, that may be a problem. These wrasses are pod eaters too.

Good fairy wrasses would be lubbock's, exquisite, pintail.

Other non wrasses:
flame or longnose hawk
royal gramma
chalk bass
yellow tail or springer's damsel
 
I would pick one of the Halichoeres genus wrasses (melanurus, chrysus, luecoxanthus, red lined, claudia) . They need sand. If you don't have a good fuge going for the mandarin, that may be a problem. These wrasses are pod eaters too.

Good fairy wrasses would be lubbock's, exquisite, pintail.

Other non wrasses:
flame or longnose hawk
royal gramma
chalk bass
yellow tail or springer's damsel
Great. Thanks for all the responses! The mandarin I have is on frozen food so not too worried about the pod situation
 

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