Pick my last fish!

[xxsevxx]

Currently i have 7 fish in my 45gal, but one has to go. About a month ago i picked up a pygmy white spotted filefish. For the first few weeks he was a model citizen but a few days ago he started picking at my toadstool and my Duncan. Needless to say he has to go, so I need advice on another fish. I want something that's a little weirdo like this guy was. I guess I want something that doesnt look like your everyday fish. Any suggestions?

adding a video of the filefish and my tank. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iQ2f5lbPg4

Flame angel
carpenters flasher wrasse
clownish
watchman goby
starry blenny
royal gramma
white spotted pygmy filefish

 

[Dkuhlmann]

The Matted File Fish is safe with corals and will eat Aiptasia. I got one about a month ago and couldn't be happier.

You should take a look at the Golden Midas Blenny. Great fish

 

[xxsevxx]

I love the midas blenny, but im looking for something thats not similar to a fish I already have. I was looking at the tanakas pygmy wrasse, they seem pretty cool. My filefish never touched a coral for a full month, then earlier this week he started nipping. I hope you have better luck!!

 

[Reef Frog]

A Starry & Midas don't look anything alike to me.

How about a perching fish? Hawkfish or Geometric False Perchlet? A pair of yellow clown gobies?

Yellow assessors?

 

[xxsevxx]

A Starry & Midas don't look anything alike to me.

How about a perching fish? Hawkfish or Geometric False Perchlet? A pair of yellow clown gobies?

Yellow assessors?

Theyre the same shape and swim alike as well. I want variety, I really love the hawkfish, but everywhere i look its reef safe with caution. I really dont want to deal with another fish eating my corals.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

I agree with Frog, Midas and Stary blenny look nothing alike and from what I know different parts of the water column. Also the Matted File fish is completely different from the one you had. One other thing Flame Hawks do not eat corals, the will eat smaller inverts so if you have smaller shrimp they probably will eat them> That is the part that is reef safe with caution. The Tanaka's pygmy wrasse would be fine as well.

 

[brett559]

Love my flame hawkfish.

These are cool too, picked one up from LFS a few weeks ago. Similar color to my flame angel, but the hawk would be too:
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+35+1691&pcatid=1691

Mystery wrasse is a cool fish. Mine has done well in my 42g.

Could your system support a green mandarin? Those are awesome.

I agree that a midas blenny would stand out in that tank.

There's always a nice blue/green chromis