The neat thing about the hobby is that there is so much to learn....and buy...and do... It seems it never ends which makes it fun.

At this point it seems like TONS of work to maintain a Reef tank, but from what i have heard from experience keepers is that "if you have a good SUMP/refrugium system, proper lighting, ... that the work is more maintaining the tank wiht regular system checks, water changes, ect...

Also, I like the fact that you HAVE to take your time...That way you do not feel so rushed to have the tank completely set up NOW...

I think my best bet is to decided what I want my tank to look like years form now, and make a step by step plan to get it where I want it.

My first step would be to get teh sump/tank/sand/LR.... done and have a FOWLR tank for a while (maybe some easy corals-I have read that som nano speicies are easy to keep and do not require high light outputs) until I get broke into the salt water world...

Thoughts? Right track?