New to Fish in General.

I do agree with every ones opinion here but while cycling don't use any lighting just keep the tank dark as much is possible, I would get some kind of mechanical filtration since the salt water is more dense than fresh water so must of the gases will tend to go to the surface and having some kind of over flow system will give you better results as far is filtering goes
:Oh Howdy and welcome to 3Reef!

 

Welcome to 3Reef>>>>>>

 

Well first of all Welcome to 3Reef! As you can tell everyone has an opinion about everything, so here are some of mine.

As far as filtration you set up is fine for now till you get into it and decide if its for you. I would however loose the
bio-wheel and just use the pads in it. Sump and Fuge can be added later if using an OTB overflow.

As far as lighting goes, as long as you take the one you have now back and you get that Dual satellite 1015 you
should be fine to keep most Zoa's, leathers, and some LPS higher up in your rocks. Take for an example Omards
Nano tank, if I am not mistaken he is running a very small PC light on it and is having great success keeping many
different corals. I have a 55 tall that I keep my seahorses and may leathers, ricordias, mushrooms, polyps and
even small piece of Blastos in. It is 24" deep and I am actually only using only a 2x65watt PC fixture on it.

Then need to run out and buy T5's and Metal halides is just not really needed in a beginners tank since you will
not be keeping any of the really high light requirement corals right now. once you have decided that your are
going to stick with it and maybe try some of the harder corals you will have to upgrade your light then.

Get yourself a ground probe, this is a must.

Good luck, keep us posted on your progress...

 

Welcome to 3reef! good advice everyone.
more watts=more corals,

then,

get yourself an AquaC Remora Protein skimmer if you plan on having fish. I used the cheaper ones and they just don't work(IMO). It's worth the investment.

I used an Emperor 400 on my 55. worked pretty good, you just need to get some activated carbon(buy it by the gallon @ bulkreefsupply.com) and I used quilt batting cut into squares and inserted into the empty cartridges that come with it then fill the holes with the carbon and snap it back together. It gets expensive changing the filters they sell for it every week. helped me save a bunch of $$

yep get rid of the wheels in it. nitrate(bad) factories.....

patience is key in the saltwater world! don't rush the cycle.