Do not include price of the stand, as I have many just laying around, as I used to have ALOT more fish. I have been involved in fish keeping for atleast 15 years and have always kept freshwater fish. I feel I have learned and kept all the freshwater fish perfectly, and I would now like to venture into keeping a saltwater tank. I would like corals, live rock, live sand, anenomes, and fish. I believe this is called a reef tank. I have no idea if I need a protien skimmer, sump, or what kind of lighting. I know lighting is very expensive for a reef tank. I would like to keep a species of clownfish or lionfish. I want as large of a tank as possible with my budget. Any advise you can give me would be great. I have been reading up of saltwater tanks and reef tanks for about a week or so. I am going to do PLENTY of research, lol. I really don’t want to screw this one up. Thank you very much!
~Kobes_Clone

Well, I have a 00 budget for new fishtanks this year. This year I decided to get a new 75 gal. with another oscar. I have never did salwater before and I imagine after my oscar tank is done I will have about 0-0 left over. With this I would like to set up a very small saltwater tank. Is it possible to have a reef tank very small? I have never did saltwater tanks before, so I would like to start small anyway. I think maybe like a 5 gallon? I have heard of people successfully keeping, I believe a type of damsel, in a 5 gallon saltwater tank with live rock and an anenome. Is this ok to do? How much would it cost me? Thanks for any answers!

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