Ideas on other fish for my tank

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Ok, I've got a 55 gallon tank w/ wet/dry (I wish I had DSB:( ) with around 50 lbs of LR. I've got some snails and electric blue hermit crabs. I've got one Mollie who I couldnt' catch from my cycle crew, 5 small green/blue chromis', 2 small clown fish, and 1 3" LM Blennie. I'm adding a 2" Coral Beauty next week. And after that I dont' really know. I really wanted a Harlequin Tusk. They can sometimes be aggressive but the one at the LFS is sharing his tank with 5 small mollies and has not even thought about harrassing them so he may be ok, since I have a mollie in my tank. It may make him feel more comfortable. But my only concerns with him would be that he is so big and could easily eat the other fish if he wanted to, but it doesn't look like he wants to do that. The other would be concern over him eating the snails or crabs. The crabs are very small but the snails are fairly large.

I like lots of color with my fish. I know I can't have puffers, lionfish, tangs or triggers. I was just wondering if there are any other fish I may need to request that you don't see everyday in the LFS's, that may be nice. Thanks guys.
 
I would look at angels, they can be very pretty fish. I would also look at how many fish you are putting in your tank. Your fish might be small now, but they will eventually get bigger. The more fish in the tank the less personnal space for each fish. This could be bad for their quality of life. I would chose your fish wisely and get a few really nice ones, then get a bunch of mediocre fish. But thats just me. Think of the fish.
 
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