First of all, the 'chill pill' comment doesn't work for me. Sorry, if that sounds arrogant, but I don' respond well to that. There are thousands of constructive ways to make a point and ask me to clarify/justify what I said.
Coelacanth, we value ALL opinions here (except 'the Aquarium sucks' which we delete on sight). I'm sorry if it sounded like I was shooting your ideas down.
As for more creatures in the tank, I'm not sure how this exploded into a huge discussion. Maybe I should put more information out there so this doesn't happen.
The current background is a flat photo. This will be GONE 2 months from now, replaced with a 3D background with any moving elements Jim can manage to squeeze in there. It's all a matter of programming and aesthetics.
We had a huge voting process 4 months ago with hundreds of votes about whether Jim should try to do a simple backdrop for old video cards, making it backwards compatible OR to go forward and put a nice complex moving background which might need a stronger card. Even at the expense of turning off 1-2 fish in favor of this more complex background.
We voted for #2 OVERWHELMINGLY.
So you will get your 7 fish and any moving background elements Jim can make happen. The background will have at least as much 3D geometry as 2 fish.
And at least one invertebrate will not count towards fish count, such as a shrimp or starfish. So 7 fish, nice backdrop, and 1+ invertebrates.
pulsing Xenia, grazing nudibranchs, bristleworms
Not sure about the Xenia, but Nudibranchs are Jim's planned-confirmed wishlist for himself. So sometime between now and October 2001.
Beyond that, I doubt Jim has even decided how much to put on the screen.
Coelacanth, please stick around!