so one of my friends has a couple of tanks and he said one is a 40 gallon and he might give it to me!! he has a 125 gallon tank setup for saltwater right now cant wait to go look at it. so i have a 350 dollars budget on this and wanna know what all to get. fish, coral, other things. everything needs to be found at petco or petsmart. although i can get some saltwater fish from a LFS. so what do i need and a price tag for it. also are the filters different? lastly what should i stock with? i know i want a pair of occelaris clowns (cant spell it). thanks!!!!!

here's the stocking ive gotten so far
6-black bar chromis
2-accelaris clowns
1-dwarf zebra lionfish
1-flame angel
so now i will have about 200 dollars for equiptment

Clowns need an Anemonie. Main reason I want Salt Water tank.

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do i absolutely need live rock? if so i think ill have to do freshwater bc live rock cost toooo much for me to do.

heres a list of everything im getting is it enough?
live
6-black bar chromis
2-accelaris clowns
1-dwarf zebra lionfish
1-flame angel
1-tube anemone
equiptment
heater
filter
salt
circulator pump
bioactive live reef sand
hydrometer
saltwater api master kit
protein skimmer

If you want corals, you will need live rock. And clowns dont need an anemone, mine dont have one. $200 dollars won't be enough for your 40 gallon setup

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I heard he once packed a bong load that lasted for 8 days and 8 nights

total-471.82 so cant get anything else and if i need anything else im noy doing saltwater

i dont have to buy the stand or aquarium i get those for free 200 dollars is for equiptment but i can go to around 500 and do i need live rock if i dont do anemones or corals ?

im not gonna do saltwater anymo im either gonna upgrade my 29 to a 40 or 30 or get another 20 gallon

Saltwater...meaning a reef tank is expensive to set up. A ballpark figure for a 40 gallon (minus tank and stand)would be $600-700 just for the equipment, still gotta add in corals an fish.