Tank setup question

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Davidl

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ok I have a 46G bowfront tank, one Aquaclear 402 powerhead, a Penguin 400 filter with biowheels, but no filters (just for water movement) and about 15 pounds of dead rock (been in the tank about 2-3 months)

I have added 2 percula clown, 2 medium hermit crabs (brown one and one with red legs), 1 small hermit crab and 1 yellow tang

I plan to add a yellow tail damsel and a blue damsel fish. as far as fish go is this an ok setup for the tank

my next purchase will be a skimmer followed by about 45lbs of premium live rock.

the tank finished cycling at the beginning of December and the fish we added over the last 3 weeks (yellow tang added today)

I am feeding flake food and todayt I bought some frozen brine shrimp.

I do 8 gallon water changes each week, and add treated freshwater each day to make up for evaporation.

Is ther anything I am missing in my setup and does the fish plan sound good?

thanks everyone, I would not have gotten this far without all your help!
 
The yellow tang is going to be too big for your tank. Damnsels(not misspelled, imo) are terrors. They are only doing what comes naturally but they will claim the whole tank and terrorize any other fish you have. Your other fish will die of stress. I have heard of some damnsels working but this is what I have witnessed and read a thousand times.
You will experience another cycle when you add all the 45lbs. of rock at once. You should already have your skimmer running. If money is an issue with the skimmer plan on weekly 10% water changes to take care of the fish waste.
Last but not least, brine shrimp has no nutritional value. I feed flake and shrimp pellets in the morning and a variety of meaty foods at night.
 
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