starter tank for saltwater is this a good deal??

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-12 Gallon Curved Front Glass Aquarium
JBJ 2 x 24 Watt CFL Lighting (48 Watts Total)
50/50 (10k/Actinic) Bulbs Included
LED Nite-Vu Lights Included
Remote Electronic Ballast w/ Disconnect
Includes Dual Cooling Fans
Built-in 3 Stage Filtration
New ACCELA 166GPH Pump
Improved Modular Surface Skimmer Intake
Directional Return Nozzle
Flip Top Canopy for Easy Maintenance
Dimensions: 15.8" x 13.8" x 14.8" (LxWxH)

additional equipment:

tunze micro powerhead
15w micro glass heater
coralife digital thermometer
marineland lighting timer (auto on and off so you do not have to remember to do it. :) why not cheat if you can? )
2x magfloat scrapers (one large and one small for tight spots
cheap air pump, that i never use, but could be if you so desired
two 5gal water jugs (one fresh, one salt)
coralife deep six salinity/SG meter
ALL REQUIRED CHEMS/NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTS!!!

Livestock included:
large white condi
male/female breeding pair perculis clowns
4 head green hammer coral (this thing runs the tank :) )
LARGE purple kenya tree
large colony of woods polyp coral
medium green leather on pyramid shaped liverock
small colony of green/orange zoanthids
small green branching sps... very pretty, but needs to stay close to bulbs to be healthy.
2 large turbo snails
ukn number of hermits
2xmillion copapods :)
a few misc critters that only come out when the lights are off.

substrate:
20lbs fiji liverock
10lbs of white livesand
a few colonies of coraline algea (they tend to grow on the front glass, and i have to scrape them... hopefully they will figure this out, and start growing on the back wall.

asking $300,


i was thinking offering little less. what do you think?
 
I would go with a larger tank...when it comes to your first saltwater tank starting smaller can be quite frustrating. Larger tends to be better I would say atleast 30g but others may say no smaller then 50g
 
I HAVE HEARD THAT TOO, HARD TO KEEP IT ALL RIGHT WITH A SMALL TANK

I REALLY JUST WANTED TO HAVE SOMETHING SMALL FOR MY DAUGHTER'S ROOM, AND SHE WANTS NEMO :)

DOES THE PRICE SEEM RIGHT?
 
Also remember that you can't keep as many fish in salt as with freshwater your looking at probably 1 cubic inch of fish per 3-4 gallons. so tops your gonna be able to comfortably hold 3-4 inches of fish maybe a little more.
Also I would get a refractometer to compliment your coralife sal/sg meter.
 
The price seems good to me...but i'm not really good with that kinda thing...I would wait to see if others agree as well. I kinda work in the thoughts of if you want it bad enough the price is ok, so i'm probably the last person who should give pricing advice.
 
But if you really want it, it couldn't hurt to offer less. If they say no haggle with um.
 
its a decent deal, just to weekly water changes and keep a eye on the tank and you should be fine.
 
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