Will new fish and old fish of the same species school or fight (or neither)?

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Hello all, we’ve had a 40B running for about a year and we are getting tired of the HOB life so we’re upgrading to a 48x24x24 120 gallon. We’ve currently got:

2 paired clowns
1 Melanurus Wrasse
1 Banggai Cardinalfish
1 Green Chromis
1 Flame Angel
1 Orchid Dottyback

They all get along great in the tank, or at least stay out of each other’s way (mostly - the Angel is the boss).

The cardinalfish and the chromis have always looked lonely to us, and I have seen both school at my LFS big tank. I’m wondering, if I added 4 or 5 of each after the upgrade, if they would school with the originals of their species or school without them, or worse - attack our lonely friends.

Anyone have any ideas or experience with either of these?
 

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