Well what arent you sure about?
Are you going to do fish only with live rock (fowlr- learn the terms lol)
Corals?
Best advice is dont get too excited with buying fish. And QUARANTINE! If you thought ich in a freshwater set up was hard to deal with wait till you have to be a chemist and marine biologist to cure an entire show tank with ich.
Research you stock carefully. Dont go by what the people at the lfs tell you. They are trying to make a sale and there is nothing they love more than the sw newb asking what he needs to set up his first tank.
Compatibility in fish is a big deal in sw, in my opinion even more so than freshwater. A lot of rules to go buy and things the stores wont tell you. Do your research ahead of time cause whats going to happen is your going to do all this intricate rock work and set up your tank beautifully and your gonna get that one fish you didnt research and its starts eating your corals or the $10 fish starts nipping the $50 fish and then oh boy will it be fun catching that 2" fish in that tank to take it back.
If your going to do a reef i hope you have deep pockets.
And not matter what they tell you almost all predatory fish get to big for a 55. Most larger eels, most triggers, non dwarf lion fish, stingrays, groupers ect. And they will grow fast.
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