This hobby is stressfull to say the least

[KennyKen]

So ive been really stressing over my tank, and ive just started. Its been 3 months since ive add my rock, and 1 month since i added my clean up crew and my first corals and a fish.

Im just out of the gate, and i feel like im already far behind. I know no one is gonna ace this hobby and know everything right from the get go. Call me a reef hypochondriac, but thats how overwhelmed i feel right now.

Ive been streesing over this clown goby i put in over a week ago. I may have jumped the gun on this fish, but i was thinking if this guy is dead, isnt he gonna create a serious ammonia spike? So i decided to hunt for this guy and move a bit of rock around, in doing so i found a piece with a serious aiptasia and bubble algae infestation. I removed the piece and it is currently sitting in RO water, after a flash boil. If i put this rock back in, will it create a mini-cycle due to all the living stuff dying off? Anyways, no sign of the goby. good or a bad thing, you decide.

Next my skimmer is pulling nothing, and i know i have next to no bio-load, but shouldn't some foam be flowing into the cup?

Now i did over a year of studying before i set anything up, but the more i read, the more i think i am over my head. I knew this hobby burns a hole in the pocket, and i should have realized just how much, being on a student budget and all. It just seems i need to buy every piece of equipment out there for my tank to flourish, and not just flourish, survive.

Maybe i just don't like to loose.
This is a good place to vent,
Stay tuned for my rant on how much i dislike this snow.