Restocking 55 gl reef tank suggestions? UPDATE - Photos added

[BMahura]

Lawnmower blenny! Has been my favorite fish since the day I bought him and he's always the first fish in my tank that people comment on.

[Coralgurl]

Great suggestions!

I have 4 shrimp so the flame is likely out, even though I wouldn't mind 2 of them gone....I don't care for the cleaner shrimp....

My rock isn't on the glass, so the gobies could be an issue as well. I also had a starry blenny, really liked him....will probably look at another blenny, just need to decide on one.

Hogfish sound interesting, will look into these.

The angels were well behaved, but like I said, I didn't have them for long.

[Reef Pilot]

I have a flame hawkfish, and he is fine with the 2 cleaner shrimp I have. I have a few small hermit crabs too, and doesn't go after them either. He does like to eat freeze dried mysis and plankton, as well as pellet food. At feeding time, he will perch on a high spot in my tank and wait for a piece to float by, and grab it.

I also have a pair of royal grammas, and they are really nice fish to watch, with some interesting behaviours. They eat the same food as the hawkfish. For small fish, they sure have big mouths and can grab big pieces of food.

Another small fish I have is an azure damselfish. He is totally peaceful (unlike other damsels), and adds some nice colour to the tank. Likes to hang out with the royal grammas. Seems to think he is one of them.

[Coralgurl]

One of the lfs had bunch of baby flames last week, I thought if I were to consider one, getting a small one, my shrimp are quite big so maybe it wouldn't be a problem.

Will probably add a blenny first, then the 2 in qt then the rest after. No more qting fish. It hasn't worked for me at all. The 2 are in copper, once the copper is gone, will give them a few days after, then they can go back.

[Wayne]

You should have a cover if you get a flame. Mine did some carpet surfing and I have heard of a few others

[Coralgurl]

Cover noted, my concern with a cover is my lighting and my corals. I have 2t5s, and vertex LEDs. I'm trying a birds nest frag and so far after a week it's still doing ok. Other corals are lps, leathers and mushrooms. If I put a cover on, what would be best to minimize effects on lighting in the tank.

Fish list looks like this based on suggestions:
Cardinal
Chromis
Royal gramma
2 clowns
Blenny - not sure what though, I like the Midas blennys...
Flame hawkfish....maybe
Candy hogfish...maybe

[fishytime]

Candy hogfish is a wrasse btw....I also have a medium sized flame hawk with shrimp with no issues(yet).....I think all fish have the potential to jump.....I know people that have had triggers, angels(myself included), lionfish, jump......wrasses, gobies and blennies seem to have an incredibly strong "bolt" instinct and are an extreme flight risk........ If you make a top out of aluminum window screen frame and use bird screen, you will have very little light loss......this relatively easy to make top will open you up to a whole lot more fish to choose from....

fairy wrasses, flasher wrasses, mystery wrasses.....Halichoeres family of wrasses are a beautiful group of fish, reef safe with caution(possibility of feather dusters and shrimp), sand bed required....they have the added bonus of pest control

the gramma family are great little fishes.....Im also partial to my assessors.......dottybacks are great little fish, but can be a touch agressive