hello. i have a brand new tank.(1 week of cycling done but still no amonia or nitrites) my goal is to have the live rock(mine is raw live rock taken from another tank 2 weeks ago) some corals, 2 clownfish that get along(the store sells them paired and already in a tank together), my blue surgeon "hippo" tang, and a serpent starfish. i need/want a nice "natural" home for my clownfish but i don't want it to kill my other fish or anything. how long do i have to wait before i can get the anemone? What kind of anemone should i get? my tank is 36"x18"x23" it's 65 gallons. on it i will have 1 biowheel filter, 2 powerheads on a timer, 1 skimmer, 1 heat stick, 1 white and 1 blue phlorescent light bulb. the live rock has stuff on it but it's almost about to decay i think. i have it in buckets filled with salt water but no filters or anything and i'm sure it'll start to stink before my tank gets cycled any suggestions on how to keep the live rock alive? and yes i know the tank is too small for the tang but i already have him so he will have to cope with it. right now he's in a smaller tank 29 gal and seems to be happy-swimming all over the place and constantly eating....constantly eating!!! i think all he does is eat and he is always hungry. i am trying not to overfeed him but i figure if he wasn't hungry he wouldn't eat anymore but his lettuce is gone every couple of hours. he eats flake food once a day, and frozen shrimp once every second day. anyways i want a natural habitat for 2 clown fish(they are almost 1" long with tail), big blue(he seems happy with his rock caves but not sure about veggitation for him), a starfish, and perhaps a couple small snails. the cycling tank has maybe 1/4 sand coverage as i was told that sand under the rock is not good.
so to sum it up...
what kind of anemone should i get for 2 small clownfishes(i think they were tangerine something or other)?
is there any kind of veggitation that blue surgeon tangs like to live around?
when can i start getting anemones and fish and veggitation for my tank? do i have to wait a certain amount of time?
do i have enough sand in my tank(it's all piled up in one corner about 2" thick)?
is there a way to keep my rock "living" until my tank cycles?
is my tank too slow-should i be seeing some amonia after 1 week?
thank you
so to sum it up...
what kind of anemone should i get for 2 small clownfishes(i think they were tangerine something or other)?
is there any kind of veggitation that blue surgeon tangs like to live around?
when can i start getting anemones and fish and veggitation for my tank? do i have to wait a certain amount of time?
do i have enough sand in my tank(it's all piled up in one corner about 2" thick)?
is there a way to keep my rock "living" until my tank cycles?
is my tank too slow-should i be seeing some amonia after 1 week?
thank you