help first timer

Hi Team, Newbie to reefing here So, I'm getting my 30g tank these days and need to prepare to make it cycle I realised yesterday that before that i need 30g of marine water though, quack! I just don't have space enough at home to have a separate container that big (or several smaller) with...

So. I have probable over done it but a saltwater store was going out of business and I cleaned up. Stuff was 70% off. So if there was a time to start my life dream of a reef tank it was now. Example the tank, stand, hood $800 return pump, the sump and the protein skimmer was $500. And everything...