what the best thing to do is YOU go to the website and pic out what you need or want. Then we can offer opinions on the materials thatyou want to buy.
The only way to read ,read, read
and then look around before buying not always is new good!!!!!
Somtimes you can get pretty awesome deals on used stuff check
the
www.buysell.com
that has lots of good stuff there for pretty cheap prices, If you go MH Lighting try to get a electrican to make your ballast for you.
Build the tank your self
DIY is the way to go if you are stating out.
mike