My best advice would be to write everything down, I mean everything, from buying salt to what kind of fish/ corals you want to keep....
Saltwaterfish.com, and marine depot both have reasonable comparison charts for fish that are compatible....
Write down the one's you want, then compare them, size, temperment, colors, eating habits....
If you see a fish you think you have to have, don't buy it, get on RC, and ask people that have had one, what they think....it will give you an overall opinion on the fish, and you can decide if you can live with the amount of care, etc, that's needed..
You will need a supplies list, i.e., food, tests, salt, heaters, powerheads, how many? RO/DI water, nets, medicine, supplements....for fish or corals, if you plan on keeping them...
How are you going to plumb your tank, using a sump, refugium? Draw it out on a piece of paper...
Will the room your keeping your tank in get direct sunlight where it's sitting, what about the AC or the heater?? Do you have enough outlets??
MOST important!!! Are there GFCI outlets installed on the outlets you will be using...
Just really think it all through, cuz once that tanks got water in it, you're basically stuck with what you got, unless you want to do the work of moving it....
Rewrite your list with the most important things you need NOW....not talking about LR or water for that matter...do you have everything you need so that when you add water, you can also add LR at the same time??
Just some things to think about...I really jumped the gun, and lost two very nice percula clowns do to me not being "ready" for fish, and thought I could get "this" later, or that, when I got the $$....Get it all, then you have it, when/if you need it!!!
OH!!! Don't forget to take PICS!
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