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!
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Im looking to buy a used freshwater aquarium but many of the best deals seem to be on the saltwater tanks.

Yesterday, I was down at the store and they had a few used saltwater tanks. They all had a layer of salt(i guess) on the inside of the glass. One had extra thick deposits where it looked as if something had bonded to the glass and was peeled off. Are these tanks past their prime?

Also, some saltwater tanks have an overflow box that has been drilled for piping. Can this setup be useful for a freshwater tank?

Any info or advice would be greatly appreciated.

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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