What are some of the best reef safe fish?

I wasn't trying to give you a hard time about it , just never heard of one and looked it up. Tangs with a similar body style to yours tend to get a little larger. Also, IMO, tangs in a reef tank tend to be underfed, and well, grow a little slow. Especially if it's in a smaller tank.

Cardinals are another easy going fish for a reef.

 

Fun fish for a 40B:

Possum Wrasse (any kind)
Basslets (Swissguard/Cave/Sawlesi/Candy)
Elongate Dottbacks
Tribal Blennies
Fairy Wrasses (many kinds)
Watchman gobies
Yasha gobies
Bicolor Blennies
Starry Blennies
Chalk basslet
Tobacco Basslet
Yellow or Blue Assessors
Black Cap Basslets
Vanderbilt Damsels
Loads more I'm to lazy to type.

 

I'll look into those thanks

 

really consider a flame hawk along with a a scooter blenny some of the most amazing fish i have seen

 

no i didnt take it that way.. my dealer just called me about it and said he didnt know much about it, but from what he heard they are in the kole family..theres really not a whole lot on the net about them so i took the chance..im getting rid of him, for his sake, im def not one thats gonna leave a fish thats supposed to be 10" in a 40 breeder..im trading it in for a potters dwarf angel

 

I like longnose hawks better than flame hawks.. I heard flames can get aggressive. My brother has a longnose thats chill as can be. He'll lay out on his favorite rock and watch everything swimming around. Then when you look down into the top of the tank he'll swim up reallyyy fast looking for a handout haha. It's pretty cool, I'm definitely getting one in my 40 here in the next few months.

 

Im not the biggest fan of hawk fish.. idk why?

 

You know though, i wonder how accurate that site is if they're saying that a minimum tank size is 50g for a tang of any type... just saying...

 

a few websites say that a 50 gallon is minimum for them, maybe when they a baby...but like already said tho, tangs that have that long body like mine has, kinda like an orange shoulder tang, get really big..

 

this would not work, hawkfish are known for their aggression and mandarins normally cant compete with them for food. they are best left in peaceful tanks