Slightly Discouraged!

[phillybean]

I planned to get a 75 gallon for 1500 dollars. I decided to slow it down a bit and start doing things right, I would say do the same. I bought my take 6 months ago and only have the stand, canopy the tank for the sump and refuguim and the lights (2 175 Watt M.H.). Do what IM doing, it's better to build a tank over a year or more, and spend a few grand, as opposed too rush into it with a cheap or incomplete set up. Save up, do it right and plan on something each month. This month my tank gets drilled and I build my overflow. Next month I build my sump and plumb everything. Janurary comes the skimmer. Feb comes the closed loop. March comes the odds and ends (salt mix, tubs for mixing salt, pumps for water changes/mixing salt etc. and in April I get the Live Rock and start cycling. Everything will be done right, slowly, step by step and with the best I can afford. Whenever I think I need to look at some fish, I go to my LFS and chill out for a hour.