[digidana]

i'm very new. we've had freshwater going for a couple years, and a 55g FOWLR tank going for about 3 months, but i've been bitten by the reef-bug. i've been doing some reading, but have a long way to go.

we're looking at buying a 130x24x25 (340g from glasscages), building a cabinet for it, and putting it on a 136" wall. there is a workshop below, and there we will set up the all the equipment. we live in TN, so the workshop never gets very cold.

my first, of probably many, questions, is...what are the basics we need to set up a new tank of this size. i'm figuring that we'll just start with the necessities to keep the fish and rock alive, then add to it as we need to. that way we won't have to sell a kid to keep the hobby happy. we plan on keeping the kids, because they've gotten really good at tank cleaning. :0)

the hubby is very handy and is more than willing to play the part of plumber and electrician.

we currently have a small protein skimmer, uv steralizer, and a 4x96w 48" PC light (white/blue/moon). we'd like to reuse them if at all possible.

thanks!