Tang mistake?

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So I may have made a grevious error.
To preface, the rest of my fish eventually died of old age and I was left with one very lonely foxface in a 6' long 125 FOWLR.
I decided he needs friends.....
Bought one Tomini Tang, one Half-black Mimic, and somehow mistakenly bought TWO Powder Blues. Oh crap oops.
They are all very small and introduced at the same time. They appear to be getting along quite well, have each selected their own caves and are all schooling together.
What are the odds they will become aggressive? Will i need a bigger tank?
Only other inhabitants are a Gobie for a gorgeous Mantis shrimp that i haven't seen in 5 years but hear every day. Two serpent stars. 3 or 4 pencil urchins that somehow keep reproducing.
 
I think you will be ok. They are small, most likely from the same brood and you put them in together. You might have some mild aggregation when one swims over to the others turf and during feeding but that’s not abnormal.
 
I don’t think anyone would recommend 2 PBTs in a 125. But since they’re already in there and appear to be getting along, you may as well run with it and see how they do. Lots of nori helps.

If they start beating on each other you shouldn’t have any trouble finding a new home for one of them at your LFS. They’re desirable fish.
 
Yes I definitely did not intend to purchase two of them, serious error in the add to cart. Ugh.
 

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