I start my tank in start of last July here the equipment.
55 gallons tank 48x13
55 pounds of crush coral gravel
50 pounds of rock 25 base rock 25 pounds of live rock
cheap lightning system with only 2 t8 bulb coral and ocean sun bulb and will be update soon
old marineland tide pool overflow
29 gallons home made sump with diy plastic tray to put filter media
sicce 2500 sump pump
coralife protein skimmer
2 fluval cp3 circulation pump
marineland 250 watts heater
marina digital thermometer
live stock for now is
2 clown fish
1 skunk cleaner shrimp
10 regular snail with 3 turbo and a spiny star astraea
10 blue crab and 4 red scarlet crab
1 multi color polyps coral grow well with my cheap lightning system lol
my system is still young so I wait to put new stuff for now
pic of my tank but not so clear
Looks like you're off to a good start. What kind of coral are you hoping to keep?
I want to try next mushroom coral there are suppose to be easy too keep so that good for me. In the future I would like to have a lemon tree coral I like what the look like