salt water tank
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Dont bother. Too small for a newbie. Stay fresh until you can do a 50G or larger for salt. Simply the equipment cost for a salt, I could imagine would be more than you would want to spend. After an RO/DI unit, live rock, sand, skimmer, salt, reliable test kits (Mott, Salifert), and whatever small bits and pieces you would want to have; you'll probably have around $500 invested for a 15G.
The 20G above needs more sand and rock... as well as skimmer.
The 20G above needs more sand and rock... as well as skimmer.
Since you have the tank you can do some live rock and some goobies and maybe a lawn mower blenny 
these are all great starter fish and maybe you could do a small clownfish or some peppermint shrimp
pm me if you any questions on how to setup up your tank or what kind of fish you can have in that small tank eventually u will need a bigger tank but dont give up! Keep Trying!
these are all great starter fish and maybe you could do a small clownfish or some peppermint shrimp pm me if you any questions on how to setup up your tank or what kind of fish you can have in that small tank eventually u will need a bigger tank but dont give up! Keep Trying!
SteveO said:
some beginner fish like damsel and such do not need all of that equipment. If you use dead rock , u do not need a protein skimmer for a fish only tank and it still looks pretty kool
. try it and if you see it costs too much for your budget go back to freshwater and wait till you have some to get a larger tank. What ever you do...GOODLUCK 
Go with 3" of live sand 15lbs of L.R. and house a mantis shrimp in there. Honestly, this would be easier maintenence than fish and they are incredibly cool little monsters. This is the recommended tank size for almost all species of mantis anyway. You could even do some macroalgaes, zooanthids, mushrooms and polyps if you have a good light (10000k or 14000k at like 4-6 watts per gallon would be plenty).
