Pair of dwarf angels

Zante

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I'm planning my 150 gallon 5 foot reef, and I'm pretty much finished with the stocking plan.

I do have one doubt: I am planning to add dwarf angels at some point.

I will try and source a mated pair of coral beauties or a mated pair of flame angels. If that fails I'll get one of each.

Problem is that I don't seem to understand if they are reef-safe or not.

I'm looking to stock soft corals, some LPS and possibly move up to SPS in the future, also in the stock list I have a maxima clam.

How high is the risk of all this getting munched? Is it worth the risk?
If not any suggestion on what fish to plan for instead of the dwarf angels?

This is my stocking plan so far:
Inverts
1 Condy anemone (Condilactys gigantea) - If the one I have survives, otherwise I'll have to see IF I'll get a 'nem
4 Fire shrimps (Lysmata debelius)
1 Maxima clam (Tridacna maxima)
5 Nassarius snails (nassarius sp.) - will increase if necessary
15 ring cowrie (cypraea annulus) - will increase if necessary
1 strombus fighter (strombus pugilis) - Will see if the tank can support two
1 tiger pistol shrimp (alpheus bellulus) - Will try and source a mated pair
2 emerald crab (mithraculus sculptus) - Caribbean, but I have 2 and they are staying, will go in the sump
2 margarita snails (margarites pupillus) - Mexican, but I have 2 and they're staying, will go in the sump
1 cerith snail - Caribbean, but I have 1 and it's staying, will go in the sump

Fish (added in this order)
1 Lawnmower blenny (Salarias fasciatus)
1 Firefish (Nemateleotris magnifica) - will try and source a mated pair
2 Zebra Barred Dartfish (Ptereleotris zebra)
1 Yellow watchman (Cryptocentrus cinctus) - will try and source a mated pair
2 Banggai cardinals (Pterapogon kauderni)
2 Ocellaris clowns (Amphiprion ocellaris)
5 Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse (Paracheilinus carpenteri) - 1m 4f
1 Coral beauty (Centropyge bispinosa) - If I can source a mated pair I won't get the flame angel
1 Flame angel (Centropyge loricula) - If I can source a mated pair I won't get the coral beauty
1 Purple tang (Zebrasoma xanthurus)

I have tried to stay as close to Fiji as possible without being anal about it, so I'd appreciate if a replacement for the dwarf angels follows that parameter.
 
Been keeping dwarfs for over a decade now -- while every fish is different, one thing I have noticed with all of mine; they LOVE to eat fleshy LPS. SPS, zoas, clams, anemones have been (( for the most part )) fine.

I am not sure how to tell the difference with coral beauties, but with flames it is the shape of the anal/dorsal fins. (( can't recall of the top of my head which one is which, but one is pointed, and the other is rounded ))

Can (( sort of )) see the differences here;

Flamepair7.jpg
 

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