first tank ever-want to know more about a sump system

[shovelhead91701]

<DIV>I set up and filled my 55 gal. tank and after the salinity was right added 50 lbs of live sand (this is all I have on the floor of the tank. I am using a fluval 304 canister filter and two skilter250 protein skimmers. I just added 13 lbs of live rock that had a bit of purple algae on board and also added 10 reef crabs, one small horseshoe crab(1.5") and three blue damsels.The tank is now a week

[jerryc]

cleaning up the tank is a good ideal you will like having everything out of the way

You have the makings of a good tank congregations

2 things come to mind just to start you will need some more live rock

You shod not add more fish or corals for sometime at least a month

And last but not least WELCOME to CR

[dakar]

Here is a link to a thread started by Angie1123 showing some of the details of her 125g in wall tank her husband put together for her. Just be sure to take into consideration the shear amount of weight you will be dealing with when you build the support structure... 180g at roughly 8lbs per gallon, 3-400 lbs of glass, plus your LR equals a LOT of weight.

Overbuilding the support stand and stuff may increase the costs a bit, but will let you rest a bit easier.