New build and need your input to have a beautiful fish tank!!!

hello evryone i have this 52g fish tank and stand with a rena xp 2 filter it says its good for up to 75g,a octapose hang on the back skimmer and a nova extreme 48'' 2x54 watt t5 high output lighting system also have 2 hydor koralia turbo pump the flow rates are 1500 L/h 400 gph please tell me if this is a good setup to keep a good saltwater fish tank...i want to put hard and soft corals with a couple of fish please give me ideas on how i should do things!!!! i need all the help i can thanks you so much please help me build a beautiful tank!;D

 

I would get another one of the light fixture you have now if you are looking to keep SPS. You might want to add another pump for circulation you would need around 20x for softies and LPS and at least 30x for SPS. You will want to clean the rena no less than once a week to include replacing the filter floss. You could do well with your set up. Just go slow and keep track of you parameters closely.

 

what is sps and Lps im sorry lol im a new b thank you so much tho

 

Im a newbie too and I've already made my first mistake. buying live rock from the wild. I have aptasia in my tank on the rock I bought from my local fish store. So know I'm just seeding with a couple pieces of live rock I know are safe and doing the rst in base rock. Whers your rock?

LPS Large Polyped Stony SPS Small Polyped Stony

 

You are definitely in good shape to keep some softies and possibly some of the easier LPS corals. SPS will require more light and more flow though.

 

to be honest i dont think my rock dousnt have anything living on it it did befor but i know my buddy had a tank up a while ago and he had leftover rocks laying around and he gave that piece to me so i just put it in for now its justa rock tho not live rock....i want to get live rock witch kind would you think i should get...and thanks for that info about lps and sps

 

If you are money limited, get a bunch of Fiji. It's pretty cheap and a good start. It's pretty porous and to be honest, I love the look of it! Or you can run a craigslist query and see if anybody is breaking down their SW tanks and get already corralined rocks for cheaper.