No, Anthony, the essay was just fine. Good suggestions, and basically what I was looking for. By a "perc tank", I mean that the main focus is to have a tank that houses a pair of percs, but I am looking to "fill" it (as it were) with a good variety of other lifeforms to give the most appealing tank I can.
I'm well-versed in cichlids, so I have also gone the cheapie to expensive route before. I wasn't originally thinking of an anemone, and I think I will pass on the lighting as well for now. It's my first saltwater, so if I decide to jump into corals and such later on, I will make the expense then. I still have a heavy FW habit to keep going.
Here's a picture of the tank....
