thanks a bunch skurvy. =) kind words indeed.
i have researched the clowns a lot as far as compatibility between the different types, maroon, ocallaris, percula, etc..
i know they dont go with puffers too well since the puffer looks at it as food, ive had it happen before with my last clown....it was dying, and i took it out of the tank temporarily to see if i could help it any, and when i put it back in the tank with the puffer, it immediatly ate it. pretty sad experience. =(
but! i dont have the puffer anymore. it had died about a week ago. i dont know if it was depression, due to the death of his friend, or just the fact of being in a new tank. when i put him in there, all he did was sit behind the rocks all day, would nver come out. he was always out in the smaller tank. (you think he would enjoy the extra....fin room...lol.........leg room....fin room....get it? ha ha ha... ::sigh:
but yea, all i have in thrre is the eel and hermit-zilla with the anemone. which both seem to be doing well.
i know the clowns will be alright with them, unless one day the hermit crab decides to learn to swim and eats them....lol
good newws though. my eel has eaten for the first time in about a week and a half...every time i trid to feed him, he never ate it. he would just look at it, steal it from my tongs, and take it under a rock..then stick his head back out. within like 3 seconds...idk if he would later on go and eat it. or not.... bt today he took it from me and actually ate it...it took him like 20 seconds to stick his head out....i think it may have a link with the
nitrates....because looking at my test resulyts of todays test, they are down to either 5 or 10..i cant tell exactly which 0ne it is...but yay. =)
anyway...thus ends my morning rant..lol im off to go watch my hermit crab forage for food.....i also got a nice pic of him stretched out when he was trying to escape...or so it looked like...lol.
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And you are quite right! A boa would definately be a bad idea to have around a baby. 
And I can understand spending lots of money on your tank. Marine tanks are the most expensive tank a person can start and keep spending to maintain. That's why I want you to become a detective of sorts. It can be alot of fun if you want it to be. I am always surfing the web for articles and information on the plans I have set in stone for my tank. Having the money resources to properly start up a tank and maintain it the way it is suppose to be can be darn expensive. I remember you saying that your hours had been cut back temporarily and that you have other expenses. I have had alot of unexpected expenses myself, which has caused me to not be able to come up with the necessary funds to purchase the light system I want. But I must make myself just sit, wait, be patient, avoiding buying spur of the moment purchases for my tank. Those things will only side track you and complicate the math equation that you have taken alot of time and research to figure out. I do not want you to become side tracked. No candy for me or PVT! 
I am proud of you. You have got your new tank set up. 
I am thinking that you would need to find the eel and the puffer a new home BEFORE you purchased the clowns. That is, if you were going to put them in the new tank you have just set up. If it is clown you want.... by gosh, I want you to have them!!!!!!!! But you must do your homework just like that couple getting the baby! 
If that is what you want. I can't wait for you to research and learn everything there is about clown fish. I want you so excited and you so successful at keeping clown fish that I have to say to myself "Good grief! Look at those pics PVT posted. He is doing a heck of a job! Man, if I had enough room, I'd set up another tank for clown fish too!" I encourage you to finish letting your tank do it's initial cycle and enjoy your tank buddies that you have at the moment. Use this time to decide what you would really like to have in your tank. You get an idea.... look it up... learn all you can abou it....... a mathmetician cannot figurine out a problem unless they have all the steps in the equation. And..... how about some more pics! I really have enjoyed looking at your process PVT. We all have to take a step or two back to move forward a few spaces. Such is life. 
I really liked the pics. The hermit is quite beautiful and gosh look at your snowflake eel. He has beautiful color markings and patterns. I didn't realize he was as big as he was. I guess because he always stays hidden in the rocks. Are you doing your research and how is that coming along? If you need some help with informational articles I can help you and CarmieJo is a walking reference book. 
The reason I say this is because Mr Eel is growing every day and is very aware that Piere is there and exactly what he is, a promised future lobster dinner if you will. Your two friends are very photogenic and you took some great shots. Hows the