What sould I get?

Coral Keeper

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Here is the info about my tank. Its a size 8 Oceanic biocube, its got the stock lights which are 2 18 watt PC lights, and Its got the same stock pump. Here is the live stock list:10-11 lb of live rock in the DT, 3 lb of live rock in the fuge, 13-14 lb of live sand in the DT, chaeto in the fuge, 2 nass. snails, 1 Mexican turbo snail(the Mexican turbo snail is temporary) , 3-4 margarita snails, asteria stars hitch hikers, large feather duster, 1 small maroon clownfish(I'm going to give it away or upgrade the tank when it gets larger), toad stool, xenia, zoas, red mushrooms, metallic green mushroom, hairy mushrooms, trumpet coral, kenya tree, Palythoas, metallic green torch, some kind of other torch, and hitch hiker sponges and other hitch hikers. I do 20% water changes every week and I use Natural Ocean water. Can I add some kind of invert or am I all ready fully stocked? Can someone give me a group or just one kind of invert that I should put in there? I just cant make up my mind. Here is the list of inverts I'm interested in:Boxing Crab aka Pom Pom crab, Decorator Crab, Porcelain Crab(I know that they are filter feeders), Scarlet Hermit Crab, Cleaner Shrimp, Fire Shrimp, Peppermint Shrimp, and Sexy Shrimp. I want something thats reef safe and wont eat my snails. Here are some pics of the set up.
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very nice nano!! i'd get sexy shrimp for sure... but i'd also get rid of the xenia in there, i'd be very afraid it'd grow out of control in such a small tank. great tank, maybe you could trade the clown in for a more nano friendly sized fish..?
Thanks! The xenia doesn't grow very fast. How many sexy shrimp should I get?
 
Just wait on the xenia's. They seem to wait for just the right conditions then they explode. I had a stalk like yours for about 6 months and nothing happened.. but the following 6 months they were splitting daily and took over 2/3 of my tank at one point.

I agree with removing the clown. I have a 29g reef and I am going to be returning my maroon clown in the next few weeks after having him for 5 years. He is getting to big, old, and grumpy and I really want to pick up a juvinile Picasso Clown they have at my LFS for $100.

I would go for a goby/pistol shrimp combo for the next buy. I have quite a few gobies in my tank and my yellow watchman is living with a red japanese pistol shrimp and bluespot goby lives with a tiger pistol shrimp.
 
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