my mom and i started a 30 gallon tank on saturday with live rock, live and, and live water from the lfs. we are planning to have a coral beauty, a pair of clowns, a fire fish, a valentini puffer, and a green mandarin. we will be raising copopods for the mandarin, and we are not planning to get a fish till the chemistry has settled. my question is could we start with the fire fish, because my mom wants that one first rather than the clowns. the other reason i ask this is because a pair of clowns would probably be way too much of a bioload jump to start with, and we don't want to get a fish like a damsel to start and then get rid of it the next month. please help, any advice is appreciated. thanks in advance.:smile: