Hi! First time reefer here

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Hi! I have been lurking in these threads for months trying to get a good idea of what I would need to do to start a saltwater tank. I've been keeping fresh water tanks for a couple years now and I'm looking for more of a challenge or maybe just something new to be honest. I have three little kids, ages 5 to 3, and they enjoy this as well so I'm hoping to introduce them to something that they might like as they grow up.

Anyway, as far as my plans go I currently have a 36 gallon bowfront which I'm scrubbing and cleaning as it was used as a freshwater snail breeding tank. I have about 40 lb of Reef Saver dry Rock curing right now and 2 clownfish in a 10 gallon quarantine tank. Chances are I'm going to leave everything as is for about a month longer before I buy sand and equipment. Since I don't have space for a sump I'm strongly considering the CPR aquafuge2. This will give me enough place to grow some algae and pods. My only current issue is lighting. This is a 30 in tank with a pretty thick Center brace and I'm concerned about shadowing.

I'll be posting pictures along the way as well. This is a quick picture of my two little clownfish in quarantine. I got them a few weeks ago from LiveAquaria they were about half an inch long. So far they've almost doubled in size. Some crushed Coral in there just because of pH issues.

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