What fish are calm that won't eat corals?

My tank is over 200 gallons.

I'm taking all these fish into consideration.
 
I would get your damsel out before adding peaceful fish. The damsel you have is one of the more aggressive species and will be problematic for newer peaceful species.
 
I would get your damsel out before adding peaceful fish. The damsel you have is one of the more aggressive species and will be problematic for newer peaceful species.

Of course! I have seen this fish attack and kill my other fish before. I have wanted to remove him for a long time, but he's really fast. I made a thread about that and I got some good answers already.
 
I have two clowns in two separate tanks now that will rearrange my corals or rocks if I place something they don't like. But they don't pick at it. Angels are notorious for it except for Watanabei, Bellus, Swallowtail, Lamarck, and a couple others. I have never had them bother any corals of mine. Butterflies will usually pick at corals with a couple exceptions like Copperband, but again it is totally a personality thing. And beyond that, they may be reef safe as juveniles and then as adults start trying out the corals. Its hard! I always find fish I want but can't have because of my reef.
I am keeping now:
Melanarus wrasse
Tanaka Pygmy wrasse
Percula clown
Six Line wrasse
Lyretail anthias
Bellus angel
Purple tang
Koles tang
These guys have been in same mixed reef tank for 5 years or so and everything is fine.
 
If you do want angels and aren't a fan of the Genicanthus genus (Bellus, Swallowtail, etc) dwarf angels are much more trustworthy with corals than their larger brethren though they are still known to pick. I've had 4 out of 5 total dwarfs that haven't picked at corals and one that did, a Lemonpeel but their species is hardly predictive.
 

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