[flamingo]

Hi, welcome to the forums btw :P. Nice to see another person interested in saltwater. Btw thank you for not calling it a nemo, usually new comers to saltwater do this, and it bugs the heck out of most people..

If you'd like to do this read a few books, articles, etc. first. I started with a ten gallon, but I did also read up for like a year-two years also. Understanding how saltwater works is a must when entering the realm with a tinyish tank.

If you want fish you'll have to stick with 2 fish, 3 maybe depending on the species but since your just starting that'll make things all the easier for you. Personally, i'd go with a false percula clown like you said, and a smallish goby. I personally love watchman gobies, but I never owned one so I can't say whether or not they'd do okay in a ten gallon. Other gobies like clown gobies, neon gobies, etc. are small enough for that size tank. Make sure you add only one fish, and a few months later (2 at least) add your last fish. You really don't want to overload your size of a tank that quickly.

Star fish, hmm....you might want to stick with small serpent and brittle stars, most places sell micro stars for about 50-80 cents each. They're excellent cleaners, and multiply a lot in the future. Any other stars will really get tto big for your tank, and will eat most things. I can't think of any other smaler types, so hopefully someone else can chime in on this one.

Skimmer....the nano one..what kind? Liveaquaria and the like have a new type, think it's the fission nano skimmer, that you will definitely benefit from. I've heard of successes with them, and they're big enough to place in smaller tanks hence the nano tag. In a smaller tank, a skimmer will also greatly help you out.

Btw, what lighting do you have?

Well, I hope that helps, and luckily you'll have some others chiming in here later on. I need to calm down on the typing a bit..I have computer and typing class everyday..then typing this on top of it really hurts :0.