Final Fish Stocking Additions -- help me make it Special!!!

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I am at that point where I am down to my last few fish. (Next on to adding corals!) I really want to be very selective my last additions so please chime in. I have a 300 gallon reef tank with some LPS (Gonipora, Hammers, Lobo, Octospawn). My current group of fish are peaceful The male Bartlett & female Bartlett can be a little frisky to new additions but usually settle down. I want to keep the tank peaceful.
I don't mind spending a little more on a special fish or two - I've been saving towards this. But I want the last additions to have:
Vibrant color or
Personality or
An Unusual 'Look'

Examples of fish I like:
Goldflake Angel (but I have LPS coral) ;
Harlequin Tusk (but I like my cleaner shrimp)
Sunburst Anthias (but LFS told me I would rarely see it)
Coral Beauty (this is a real contender)
Wrasse (like Potter's but I've heard they are hard to get past QT/eating)
Yellow Clown Gobies (Gobiodon okinawae)
***your suggestions of fish I haven't thought of

CURRENT STOCK

* 2 Helfrichi Firefish (bonded pair)
* 2 Matted Filefish (bonded pair)
* 1 YWG (female)
*1 BlueSpot Jawfish
*1 Pearly Jawfish
* 1 Longnose Hawkfish
* 1 Pixy Hawkfish
* 1 Ember Blenny
* 2 Midas Blennies (bonded pair)
*3 Pajama Cardinals
* 1 Ocellaris (black and white with orange snout ) Clownfish
*3 McCoskers Flasher Wrasse (1 supermale + 2 females)
*1 Filamented Flasher Wrasse (not positive on this i.d. - sold to me as McCoskers but has a lyretail and long filamented spiky dorsal fin. Once I get good pic I will get 'evolved' to i.d. it for me)
*
4 Bartlett Anthias ( 1 male & 3 females)
*1 Whitetail Bristletooth Tang
*1 Zebrasoma Tang
* 1 Bluechin Trigger (female)
--1 Ocellaris Clown (would like to add one smaller ocellaris so current clown will have a mate)
(Inverts: Pair cleaner shrimp, flame shrimp, various snails)

DEFINITE FUTURE ADDITIONS

--1 Royal Gramma --- to be added (Gramma loreto)
--1 Blotched Anthias---to be added (Odontanthias borbonius)
--1 Red Head Solon Fairy Wrasse to be added(Cirrhilabrus solorensis)
-- 1 Orange-Back Fairy Wrasse to be added(Cirrhilabrus aurantidorsalis)

Thanks
 
Male lineatus wrasse is a real showstopper and will work well with your other fish.

Purple firefish are decent sized, bright purple, and peaceful.
 
Thanks. I love the looks of the Male lineatus . Would purple firelish coexist with my helfrichi pair? Would I need to add 2?
 
Thanks. I love the looks of the Male lineatus . Would purple firelish coexist with my helfrichi pair? Would I need to add 2?
I wouldn't mix firefish. It usually doesn't work out long term.
 
Be aware that the Yellow Clown Gobies could munch on your acros. I had two that killed several before I caught them.
 
Be aware that the Yellow Clown Gobies could munch on your acros. I had two that killed several before I caught them.
Thanks -unfortunately I seem to kill the little Acro frags I have tried -even without help from a clown goby. :(
I wouldn't want them irritate my LPS though-do they bother LPS as well?
 
Thanks -unfortunately I seem to kill the little Acro frags I have tried -even without help from a clown goby. :(
I wouldn't want them irritate my LPS though-do they bother LPS as well?
No. They won't bother LPS. They kill parts of acros because that is where they lay their eggs.
 
Any other last suggestions?
 

HOW MUCH DOES A FISH’S FEEDING REQUIREMENTS AFFECT YOUR STOCKING DECISIONS?

  • A lot! - I avoid fish that require frequent or specialized feeding

    Votes: 10 27.0%
  • Quite a bit, but an automatic feeder can change my answer

    Votes: 6 16.2%
  • It depends on whether my nutrient export can handle it

    Votes: 5 13.5%
  • It depends on how badly I want the fish

    Votes: 10 27.0%
  • Not much. I’m willing to adjust my routine

    Votes: 9 24.3%
  • Not at all. Feeding demands don’t limit my stocking choices

    Votes: 6 16.2%
  • I usually learn about the demanding feeding schedule after buying the fish!

    Votes: 2 5.4%
  • I haven’t really considered this before

    Votes: 3 8.1%
  • Something else (see my comments in the thread)

    Votes: 1 2.7%
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