I wish I had listened

[Ruth]

I was just wandering through my shed and looking at my pile of old "stuff" that I just can't seem to make myself either throw away, give away, or sell. It includes an assortment of skimmer bodies, old lights, tanks, canister filters, additives, pumps, more lights, skimmers...................blah blah blah.
One piece of advise that I really wish that I had listened to was when I was told to go big the first time - boy would I have a whole lot more money now to spend on corals etc.
I know that everyone is different in what they want to accomplish with their aquarium but from all the posts it seems that so many people get caught going too small in their tank size, skimmer size, lighting size and flow for what they eventually wish to keep in their tanks.
I guess the point of this post is just to let people know, from my own experience, that if you are just starting out or thinking of upgrading to go as big as you can afford for tank, lights, skimmer and flow.
Enough of a ramble for one night - I'll shut up now.