Stocking again

[Carissa]

Well I'm back to square one again with my stocking. I found out about a new sw fish store that apparently has more fish that I can travel to in about two weeks, so before I go I want to have clearly in mind what I want to get, and a second and possibly third choice if they don't have what I want for my first choice.

My tank is 33g, fowlr and a 20g sump (40 gallons of actual water). Current stocking is 6 astrea snails, 10 nassarius snails, and one lawnmower blenny. I am not planning to have corals but I would like some decorative macro algae in the display tank.

So I'm open to any suggestions on what my next step should be in regards to stocking the tank. Keep in mind that the fish will be bagged for approximately 5 or 6 hours for the drive home so any suggestions on this would be great too (other than putting the bag in a cooler and having a heat pack).

I know a lot is up to me as far as stocking but at this point I'm somewhat frustrated after losing my first clownfish (having jumped out of the tank after three grueling weeks of treatment for popeye), the fish I ordered from the lfs were doa and/or sick, and my lawnmower blenny got emaciated from not having enough algae and I just got him started on pellets (and he's doing very well now) so just getting something that lives and eats will make me happy at this point. If someone walked in and offered me $1000 for my setup right now I would take it, cut my losses, and get out of this hobby. As it is that's not going to happen and I'm in too deep to give up now. If I can manage to just get a fish that survives I might start getting some enjoyment out of it rather than all work and no fun.

Some ideas I have had were: clownfish (one or maybe a pair), a goby/snapping shrimp combo, or basically something colorful and with personality and/or interesting. I also love puffer fish but I haven't been able to find out about one that would be suitable for my sized tank. My lfs has a figure 8 puffer in their sw tank.