New Fish... I want a little input

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I am wondering what fish should next enter the tank. Right now there is a yellow watchman and a Coral Beauty plus scattered mushroom coral and a branching hammer. I was hoping for something interesting and preferably weird. Coral safe, but not necessarily crustacean safe. I have a few ideas.
I was thinking of possibly a Fu Man Chu Lion. I know weaning it onto prepared food will make me want to die, plus it could get the goby. I was also considering a leaf scorpion. Anybody have any experience with them? Then I was thinking of a hawkfish as a backup.
Also there was this cool thing.The site is not being totally specific with the size. The stomach coment was also a bit obscure.

If anybody has any ideas of what I should do, or what they would do, I would thank them profusely.
 
it is VERY hard to recommend any fish when you have nt stated tank size.

assuming it is larger then 30g then the lionfish would be fine, if it is smaller then 30g then the scorpionfish and hawkfih are safer choices.
 
If im not mistaken scorpion fish are VERY predacious and will eat anything that fits into their mouths.
 
I agree with grins, I have seen them state sizes FAR smaller then the true adult size.

that fish would most likly take out both your fish, and any you added afterwards.
 
Yeah, I like to go to fishbase to find the real sizes. I know that saltwaterfish only gives the sizes of the fish at that point in time, not thefull adut size. It's a 55. Sorry about that I knew I was forgetting something. So a with scorpions its the overall width of the fish rather than the length? That goby would definitely fit in a scorpion widthwise.
 
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the hawkfish would be the safest.

ALL the other fishes you listed are venimous.
 
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