Essential Reef set up equipment

[Jason McK]

Building a ref aquarium is a very slow and involved process. I'm sure through your reading you have discovered that there are many theories behind each piece of equipment you purchase.
I would suggest you see what you can afford.
If 100G is the room you have then go with a 100G.
From there i would research Lighting, Skimmers, Sump design and come back to Canreef and ask specific questions about each piece. It will be a lot easier for use to comment on a piece of hardware rather than generalize.

But for an Idea of what I believe you will need.
Tank and Stand
Sump
Lighting
Skimmer
Method of flow (closed loop, power heads)
a way of maintaining Calcium and Alk (daily doseing, CA reactor, Kalk Reactor)
Live rock
Sand
Timers or controller
PH monitor
Test kits
Salinity measurement device
Heaters
J