Looking for a recommendation on one or two last fish to add

sacremon

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300DD (as described in my signature). It has been running for about 6.5 years. Centerpiece fish is a ~6 y.o. Platax orbicularis that is about the size of a luncheon plate and eats like a horse. Other inhabitants are a Neoniphon sammara, a Sargocentron diadema, two Pterois radiata, a Siganus virgatus and a Eucidaris tribuloides. I think I can manage to have 1-2 more fish, would like something with color and movement and staying with species found preferably in the Red Sea but clearly I am not completely that now.

The lions and the urchin preclude a lot of fish - triggers, puffers, angels, larger wrasses, parrotfish that might attack them and smaller fish that might be eaten by the lions or the squirrels.

I have been leaning towards a Chaetodon semilarvatus and some variety of goatfish.

Thoughts/suggestions?

Thanks.
 
From another thread I understand they can be fairly shy. Perhaps that was just that person's experience.
 
From another thread I understand they can be fairly shy. Perhaps that was just that person's experience.



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Beautiful fish. It looks like the common source for them was Hawaii, which is now functionally extremely difficult due to the ban.
 
There is a pencil urchin in that mix. Parrotfish would chomp on it, I think?

Bluethroats are definitely described as being shy fish. I'm kind of mixed mind about a tang in general. I'll have to mull that idea over.
 
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