guys, this is great info. thanks for the responses!

most of the fish i already have in my 42 gal. the chocolate star, the sand sifting star, the lawnmower, a six line wrasse, yellow goby(i think clown), and the coral beauty...all of them are doing well now.

i havent noticed the choc star doing any damage but then again, i havent had him long. the same goes for the sifting star. dont really see them doing much.

the horeshoe crab is like you stated jeremy, very clumsy. its whimsical to watch him swim upside down and bump into things. he hasnt knocked anything over as of yet(hes only quarter sized). i think i may keep him just for novely purposes.

the lawmower blenny justs chomps away from the live rock, eating the algae on the surface. ive had him for the longest time so as long as theres algae in the new tank, im think im good to go there...

my peppermint shrimp doesnt eat aptasia at all, so i think ill take the popular vote and trade him/give him away in lue of a pair of fire shrimp..

my coral beauty eats frozen so im ok there as well. i dont have any corals now save for a small piece of brain and he doesnt mess with that. i think my main concern is that everyone says you cant do 2 angels and i want to do the c/b and the emperor. i really really really want the emperor so i think ill get one and figure out from there what to do when he gets larger.

i definitely will take consideration to the snails...i *have* noticed my large turbos knocking rocks over so i will re-improvise my snail count.

and the tangs, you guys think its ok with the 2 tangs? shouldnt be a problem keeping the 2 together?

im getting more and more excited as i count down til cycling is complete!!!