Larger size reef safe fish?

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Great fishes. Must have in a big enough tank

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I’ve definitely thought about the regal, but I don’t want too aggressive of a tank so I’ll have to do more research on them. What’s that last one though?? He’s beautiful!
 
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A Naso tang. May I have him since a little ugly ducky with no colors. Nowadays he pushing a foot from head to tails with beautiful colored and gentle at it can be
How aggressive are Nasos? I know tangs can get feisty with other fish, but two weeks ago we got some Nasos in at work and I fell in love! I at first didn’t really want a tang but that definitely made me reconsider
 
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When you say reef safe do you mean won’t eat corals or all inverts because if you don’t want shrimp then that opens up large wrasse and eels (see the description by name lol). For personality no wrasse beats the dragon but it is aggressive. If you want impressive size but peaceful look into Anampses(tamarin) wrasse. For beauty look into the Coris wrasse (note that I mean the genus Coris and there are no such thing as a yellow or green coris wrasse).

For eels you could have any echidna eel or a zebra or a snake eel. All are fairly fish safe.
I would ideally prefer all inverts to be safe in my tank because I do love the look of fire shrimp and coral banded, and I want to be able to have a cleanup crew as well. You definitely aren’t wrong about the dragon being aggressive though… just this week we got a small one in at work and he unfortunately didn’t make it past the second day of being with us because he picked a fight with a flame hawk that absolutely tore him up :(
That specific flame hawk has also injured some other fish in that tank and we decided to put him on his own after the dragon incident.
 

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I’ve definitely thought about the regal, but I don’t want too aggressive of a tank so I’ll have wto do more research on them. What’s that last one though?? He’s beautiful!
That is a Harlequin Tusk
They need to be add last if large. Tiny one can be add anytime. They will eat anything bite size that is added after him. He just cannot resist eating disoriented small fish and shrimp
Well fed HT will leave small fish and shrimp alone. He rather eat what you hand feed him than hunting. He will clear your tank of vermetid snails and small snails less than +/- 1/8 inch. Stomatella are fair game unless they hide well during the day. Mine normally go to bed early. If I have to add a small fish I add them after he went to sleep.
Mine acts like a puppy dog. Begging for food and eat right out of my hand.
 

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