"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message news:9CN7h.471
snip I just wish people would not get a tank, and then decide
on lighting later. It's so much better when setting up a reef tank to
decide on really good lighting, and tank at the same time.

Yeah---
I guess planning ahead is always best. But sometimes things just snowball
out of nowhere. When I got the tank as a gift back in August, I thought it
was gonna be African Cichlids. My wife said they looked like "fish you fry
up in a pan" (I dont agree, BTW)--and insisted that it be Sal****er.
Then I stumbled onto the info overload on the `net and the whole "Live Rock"
thing. And each new possibility became more attractive than the previous.
This thing isnt gonna be a full blown reef tank like the ones I see on the
internet.
I`m just gonna do my best to keep a few pieces of "pedestrian corals" nice
and healthy. If there is a next time, I`ll do it "more right", but things
are going pretty well at the moment (knock on wood)
and I`m enjoying the heck out of it.
thanks for all----------