Fish compatibility with tangs

BigCity

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Got a sailfin and kole tang for the tank last week both juvenile about 2-3". What would be reef safe and compatible with these fish and add good color and movement? I have a 120g right now that I will probably upgrade in a few years for the sailfin.

Was thinking royal gramma, foxface, pair of clowns (maybe snow flakes in a year or so). Also saw a nice looking fairy wrasse. Any other suggestions?
Really like the coral beauty and flame angles, but consensus seems to be you'll have more problems than not giving either of these a try.
 
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I recently acquired some dart fish.they are pretty cool and glow under the lights. take your pick on reef safe wrasses. you have a lot of options. just be careful of getting something that has the same type of body.
 
I don't want to sound rude or anything of the sort, but how long has the tank been running? Tangs should be one of the final additions to a tank as they graze on algae almost all day. Ideally it would be best to get your other additions before tangs, not an expert on the two species you have but most tangs are territorial to new arrivals. I know yellow tangs give anything introduced after them a hard time. Otherwise as the others have said, anything that is peaceful is good. If you aren't going to be doing a reef aquarium then the dwarf angels you listed should give you no problems.
 
The tank had been up for almost 10 weeks before i added any fish, the CUC had been in for about 3-4 weeks along with some algae and mangroves in the sump. Didn't even think about the order of adding the fish, plan on adding a few every 2-3 weeks until I get to what I want in the tank, so hopefully I won't have too much trouble with them.
 
Any of the fish you mentioned would get along fine. The fox face might get a little bigger and compete with the tangs a bit
 
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