What non jumping fish should I add?

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Hello all, it's been a while since I've posted, but looking for advice. I have a 65g LPS dominant mixed reef with:
Fish: 2 Ocellaris clownfish, 2 bluespotted watchman gobies, 1 tomini tang and 1 Banggai cardinalfish.
Inverts: 1 skunk cleaner, 1 peppermint, 1 tiger pistol, 2 pincushion urchins, of a dozen dwarf blue legged hermits and a bunch of different types of snails. I don't think my clowns are gonna get much bigger, they're actively breeding every month and I read that their growth slows down once they reach sexual maturity.

I'm looking for advice on what fish I should add. Preferably fish that don't jump, since it's an open top tank. Here's a video of the tank so available space can be seen.

 
A white spotted pygmy filefish (Rudarius ercodes). I love mine! Such a great personality and not afraid of other fish. Plus really unique looking and leaves my coral and clams alone.
 
If they all jump then there would never have been anyone with an open tank with fish in it. (Not for more than X amount of time anyway.)

I've had open tanks with fish for many years. The number that have jumped is very close to zero. Like, one.

"All fish" is not correct.

Maybe: "All fish jump out of some tanks."
Maybe: "Some fish jump out of all tanks."

I lean toward suspecting the former. I think fish want to jump out of some tanks because they don't like the tank. Simple. Also easy to understand since lots of folks tend toward high-density stocking or even over-stocking....I'd wanna get out too.

But some fish deal with overcrowding better than others, so the answer is probably a little bit of both.
 
I’ve had 2 filefish jump out of 2 different tanks, sixline wrasse jumped, 2 different lemon damsels jump out of 2 different tanks, a blotched rabbitfish almost got out of the tank but was likely something I did to spook him, needless to say, fish will Jump sometimes. They don’t understand what jumping out is, they usually jump to avoid predation or if something spooked them, they fully expect to splash back into the water. I have a lid on my FOWLR now and I do get splashes of salt deposits on the screen so I know something hits it once in a while. My coral tank has a tang, a copperband and some damsels but they seem to be good at staying put, it is open topped still.
 
How about a dwarf angel like a coral beauty or similar. I've kept them in open topped tanks for many years without jumping.
 
I've seen clowns jump several times before. I just don't really understand the appeal of open top tanks. Even one single fish jumping out feels like a pointless and preventable loss to me.
 

WHICH KIND OF INVERT HAS CAUSED THE MOST MISCHIEF IN YOUR TANK?

  • Sea urchins

    Votes: 8 20.0%
  • Hermit crabs

    Votes: 5 12.5%
  • Other crabs

    Votes: 4 10.0%
  • Shrimp

    Votes: 4 10.0%
  • Snails or conchs

    Votes: 2 5.0%
  • Sea stars

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Anemones

    Votes: 8 20.0%
  • None! My inverts are model citizens. :-)

    Votes: 7 17.5%
  • Something else (tell us in the comments)

    Votes: 2 5.0%
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