New to the hobby, advice needed

[juanmanuelsanch]

Hello everybody ! Finally my dream is becoming true and Im building my marine aquarium. If there are any mistakes in the numbers please let me know, Im making conversions from the metric system.

So far the size is: 58 inches large, 30 in depth and 20 in height. Having around 143 gallons of water

As I know the SUMP should be around 30 gallons.
Skimmer should support 2 times the capacity of the tank.
And the return pump 10 times the capacity of the tank.

My main question should be, which equipment should I get taking into account that I want both corals and fish in the tank. Links coould be very usefull for reference.

What should be the main rule for lighting?

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[gone fishin]

Hello everybody ! Finally my dream is becoming true and Im building my marine aquarium. If there are any mistakes in the numbers please let me know, Im making conversions from the metric system.

So far the size is: 58 inches large, 30 in depth and 20 in height. Having around 143 gallons of water

As I know the SUMP should be around 30 gallons.
Skimmer should support 2 times the capacity of the tank.
And the return pump 10 times the capacity of the tank.

My main question should be, which equipment should I get taking into account that I want both corals and fish in the tank. Links coould be very usefull for reference.
since you already referenced a skimmer and return pump I would also suggest looking into powerheads as well for in tank circulation. they run the entire spectrum in price. also, Look into getting an Auto top off (ATO) for freshwater top off from evaporation.
What should be the main rule for lighting?
this will depend largely on what types of corals you want to keep. SPS coral will require the most intense lighting.

There is a sticky at the top of this forum called setting up, look for the big red arrow, it is a wealth of information. Good luck

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[thegrun]

I think 30 gallons for the sump is way undersized, you are likely to have at least half that much water drain down when the return pump is off. I would try to get something closer to 70 gallons for the sump. 10 times the display is quite a bit of flow through the sump, 5 times (750gph) would be fine although having a little extra flow so you can use the return to power any reactors you might want to run is a good idea. Lighting will be your biggest expense I would start there.

 

[juanmanuelsanch]

OK. I will look into the SUMP size, I was looking advice in the equipment department.

Any ideas on what to look? So I can have price references