Lesson learned?

[Ruth]

Listen when people with more experience tell me something and do it right the first time. Go as big as you can afford on tank, skimmer, flow and lights. And never ever again try to use canister filters for anything except to run carbon. Eliminate all sponges that you are not prepared to rinse out every other day..........oh I could go on and on and on. It is so much cheaper to do it right the first time than to be constantly upgrading.