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How many saltwater 3-inch fish can you keep in a 30 gallon?

Im getting a 30 gallon fish tank tomorrow from a friend of mine.. Ive already got a 30 gallon freshwater tetra tank that i take care of very well and im pretty experienced in the freshwater area.. but ive been thinking about starting a saltwater tank. But before i get it started ive been researching it alot and i would like to know how many approx. 3inch fish will fit in a 30 gallon.

Ive been thinking about getting some kind of clown fish (percula maybe), a Benggai Cardinalfish, a royal gramma, a yellow assessor, and a blue assessor. And a decorator crab and/or a peppermint shrimp.
Well those are my selections, but i doubt i will be able to have all of them in one tank.
Maybe eventually get into corals once i learn how..
What do you think? Thanks.

Doesnt this seem expensive for a fish?

i won a betta fish at the carnival and i was researching the fish and the care of them, right now he is in a plastic fish bowl, and tomorrow i was going to petsmart to get a new tank and plants and food, i was on the petsmart website and saw that brine shrimp is like 15 dollars!! I am NOT spending that much money on fish food, my freshwater fish have been fine eating fish flakes there entire life, including the guppies that i bought prego and now they are all breeding with each other which im working on seperating them, but anyway cant betta fish eat fish flakes?
I need a really good reason to buy the 15 dollar fish food for them