sounds like great advise, Amanda !! as for me ... i got a used reef ready 125 for $200. the key to buying used is to have the person you buy from fill it up when you arrive to pick it up to make sure it doesn't leak. unless of course you know them (like i did) !! so anyway i picked up the tank, stand, canopy for $200, and a hagan test kit, a UV sterilizer (that is up for sale),all kinds of reef chemicals from stress gaurd to copper detoxifier, and fish and coral food out the wazoo for $75. so i spent $275 that day and got all of that.