Question about new additions to 26 gallon nano reef tank

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I have a 26 gallon nano reef (RSM Nano Peninsula) with good filtration and I do 10-20% weekly water changes. My skimmer is working well based on the smell I experience when I empty and clean it. I have good numbers and two happy bonded clownfish (about 2.5" in size). I feed a relatively small amount of frozen mysis or brine shrimps daily (~1/3rd of a frozen cube to the two clownfish). I have a cleanup crew of bumble bee snails for uneaten food and they're also doing well.

Would I be able to add a blue neon goby, cleaner shrimp, and a royal gramma without having overcrowding/aggression issues? I have an acclimation box that I can use to introduce the goby and the gramma. My clownfish don't seem overly aggressive--they'll sometimes strike the turkey baster when I'm feeding brine shrimp but they don't go after me if I put my arm in the tank. There are a couple of choice hiding spots for a small fish that the clownfish don't currently hang out in. The clownfish have also started hosting on a green hairy mushroom in the tank. I'm not against spot feeding any new additions as I'm currently feeding shrimp with a turkey baster anyway.
 

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You should be good. May need to up the waterchange size as needed. I had about the same in my 20 gallon. Until one day my female clownfish decided she hated all of her room mates and killed them and their replacements off.
 

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