Cycle is complete, now what?

[tebstan]

The chaeto won't tumble as well on a sand bed unless flow is high, but then sand is flowing as well. Chaeto can be over a sand bed, but it will do better without it. (Thanks Ping, at LMAR... )

I've had mushrooms near acans. If anything, the acans messed up the mushroom pretty bad. Once they were separated, the mushroom grew back to its normal shape.

To the OP.. some people don't like hermits, but their hilarious antics will give you something to stare at while you wait for the tank to develop more. Stick with one kind - red legs or blue legs or scarlet reef, etc, and you'll have fewer hermit wars break out. Toss in a few extra shells to prevent battles. Be careful adding hermits and snails at the same time to a new tank. There may not be enough algae for the snails. And some snails don't flip themselves easily when they fall upside down, making them crab bait.