First saltwater aquarium

Hello,

My name is Zach, and this is my first time having a saltwater aquarium. In the past I have had many freshwater tanks including cichlids. I live in Haslet, TX and my fiancé and I just bought our first home, so we decided to set up a new saltwater tank. It is a 55 gallon marineland with tempered glass ( I know now in the future not to buy tempered glass lol) I have two Maxi-Jet 1200 for circulation, and an Eshopps WD75CS with a mag5 return for my wet/dry filtration. Soon, I plan on adding a Bak-pak2 skimmer, but not until after I let the tank cycle for the next month or so.

Here's a pic of the tank.

 

Welcome Zach to 3reef, and congratulations on the new house and entering the hobby.

 

Hi, Zach, my name is Zach, and I live in Tx too. lol

Welcome to 3reef and I hope you have a great success in this hobby. Don't be afraid to ask questions. This site has many helpful people.

 

Is this fowlr?

 

Welcome to 3reef!

 

Welcome to the addiction! Congrats on the tank and the house, this site is a great place to learn about the hobby. Do you know if you are going to go for a reef set up or a fish only system?

 

Right now it's going to be fish only , but I will slowly add live rock and eventually I would like to add some coral to it. I have a Coralife light fixture with 2x65w actinic bulbs and 2x65 fluorescent bulbs so I think I will be able to sustain coral, but I don't know much about coral.