Looking for some stocking ideas for my 75gal

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So I have a 75 gal tank and I would like opinions please. Its a mixed reef (I'm slowly adding corals). Before this I had a 15 gal nano so I'm relatively new to having a bigger salt tank. Currently everyone gets along very well and I would like to keep it this way. This is why I am looking for your help!

Current stock list
2 - Ocellaris Clownfish (pair)
1 - Watchman Goby
1 - Tail Spot Blenny
1 - White tail tang
1- Lineatus Fairy Wrasse

inverts
2 - Cleaner Shrimp
3 - Tiger Conch
several bumblebee snails
several cerith snails
several limpets
2 - Halloween hermit crabs
 
So I have a 75 gal tank and I would like opinions please. Its a mixed reef (I'm slowly adding corals). Before this I had a 15 gal nano so I'm relatively new to having a bigger salt tank. Currently everyone gets along very well and I would like to keep it this way. This is why I am looking for your help!

Current stock list
2 - Ocellaris Clownfish (pair)
1 - Watchman Goby
1 - Tail Spot Blenny
1 - White tail tang
1- Lineatus Fairy Wrasse

inverts
2 - Cleaner Shrimp
3 - Tiger Conch
several bumblebee snails
several cerith snails
several limpets
2 - Halloween hermit crabs
I like watching my school of chromis in my 75. I have 5 and have had them for about a year and a half now with no fighting issues. Just need to keep them well fed and have swimming space.
 
Chromis, any of the more peaceful damsels (most Pomacentrus, Neopomacentrus, and Chrysiptera sp), more fairy wrasses (rhomboidalis, lubbocki, katherinae, briangreenei, rubeus, isosceles, brunneus, etc), smaller Halichoeres wrasses (iridis, chrysus), and leopard wrasses (meleagris, marisrubri, bipartitus, negrosensis) would all make excellent additions.

Cardinalfish also look great, and a few are easily available captive bred. Look at Pterapogon kauderni, Sphaeramia nematoptera, Zoramia leptacantha, and Apogon cyanosoma. The first 2 do better in pairs, from what I have experienced in my tanks, while the other 2 actively school with each other if kept in groups.
 
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Chromis, any of the more peaceful damsels (most Pomacentrus, Neopomacentrus, and Chrysiptera sp), more fairy wrasses (rhomboidalis, lubbocki, katherinae, briangreenei, rubeus, isosceles, brunneus, etc), smaller Halichoeres wrasses (iridis, chrysus), and leopard wrasses (meleagris, marisrubri, bipartitus, negrosensis) would all make excellent additions.

Cardinalfish also look great, and a few are easily available captive bred. Look at Pterapogon kauderni, Sphaeramia nematoptera, Zoramia leptacantha, and Apogon cyanosoma. The first 2 do better in pairs, from what I have experienced in my tanks, while the other 2 actively school with each other if kept in groups.
Here is a link to my 75 gallon if it helps give you any ideas:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/fishfreak2009s-75-gallon-mixed-reef.861568/
 

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