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Had a velvet outbreaka few months ago and wiped out the tank except for my melanarus wrasse. Quarentined him and when main tank was clean he was put back in with 2 yellow tail damsels added a week later. A week ago I added purple pseudo. So in my 50 gallon cube there are 4 fish. I'm looking for suitable tankmates that'll handle the rest of the more aggressive community. Also, there's zoas, finger leather, clove polyps, favia, 2 BTAs. Thanks everyone
 
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You already have four in there already. It's a 50 gallon cube. What are the dimensions of the tank. Each fish will need it's own "space" to sleep and/or get away from the others. I think you could add one more fish if it is something that stays small. Something like a dottyback, choris..along those lines.
I am not an expert in the fish stocking department, hence I have asked for some assistance to give you a more definitive answer.
 
I think if you consider adult size, you are fully stocked :) You could get away with something small like a yellow clown goby to add some more color
 
Somebody suggested adding another dottyback, i would not do it because they will fight with your purple pseudo leading to death or stress. Id add in a tail spot blenny or like the person above said add a yellow clown goby.
 
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A tail spot blenny and a goby / shrimp pair would work with that mix. I would say that would be the upper limit. As others have suggested a watchman or clown goby would be appropriate, too. Not all together, though- that would be overstocking, IMO.
 
I'm going to second a blenny or a goby!
 
I’m agents Dottybacks unless you have a very large tank with lots of rocks, nevermind having 2 that won’t last a day in a 50. I had a beautiful neon the grew up to be the most aggressive fish I’ve ever owned. He had no fear of any size fish, no boundaries to any inverts urchins just a killer mentality. My clowns were the only ones that put him in his place. I had no choice but to give him up. If I were you I’d maybe add a cardinal or a clown
 

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