Reef Safe Fish/Inverts for IM INT 100g

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Curious what others think I should stock my Innovative Marine 100g tank with. Planning to keep corals, mainly softies and LPS. I read another user calculated that with sand and rocks, leaves about 85g in the display tank. Unsure how true or accurate this is. You can see my build thread for how much sand I have, as I want a sand sifter/burrower. For rocks, there is minimal, but I am adding more next week (about 20lbs of TBS live rock). Then will assess adding more rock from there.

Currently considering:
Pair of Clowns
Royal Gramma
Diamond Goby & Pistol Shrimp
Coral Beauty (Reef safe with caution)
Purple Firefish
Two-Spot Bristletooth or a Yellow Tang (Seen others say it would be fine in an 80g even fully grown but am not so sure, liveaquaria says 100g but I'm not sure if thats full grown, and only counting swimmable space).

Looking for thoughts on other fish I may have not considered.
How many fish you would probably stock this tank with?
Thoughts on the size for one of the above tangs?
Also, what order would you add these fish or ones you suggest? Where can I find more info to determine this?
 

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100g is fine for a yellow tang or small bristletooth tang (kole, tomini come to mind). You could also consider certain wrasses that don't eat inverts; I have a six-line and while others have found them to be evil, mine is a model citizen. As far as inverts you could also consider other shrimp, I have a couple cleaner shrimp and other than attempting to rob food when I target feed corals (which any shrimp or crab will do), they are excellent.

Another controversial choice that has been fine for me - dwarf angels. I have kept flame angels and currently keep a coral beauty which do not and have not bothered any of my corals or inverts. They can be territorial though, so add last/later in the fish intro order.
 
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100g is fine for a yellow tang or small bristletooth tang (kole, tomini come to mind). You could also consider certain wrasses that don't eat inverts; I have a six-line and while others have found them to be evil, mine is a model citizen. As far as inverts you could also consider other shrimp, I have a couple cleaner shrimp and other than attempting to rob food when I target feed corals (which any shrimp or crab will do), they are excellent.

Another controversial choice that has been fine for me - dwarf angels. I have kept flame angels and currently keep a coral beauty which do not and have not bothered any of my corals or inverts. They can be territorial though, so add last/later in the fish intro order.
Thanks for the response! Definitely will have more inverts. Some other shrimp such as cleaner, and fire shrimp come to mind. Would love a harlequin shrimp. However, I read they are very picky eaters. Other inverts would be bristle star, urchin, reef safe crabs, and maybe even a clam/scallop.
 

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