When people ask me how to start a salt water tank I normally change the subject or look the other way and say something like "Wow, Did you see that Supermodel, or it looks like it is going to snow tonight." I would not give advice on how to start a tank for a few reasons. The first one being no matter who you are, how smart you are, who is helping you etc. A new tank is going to have problems. Sometimes a lot of problems and those problems are normally normal things that happen in a tank, but I don't want some one calling me at 3:00am scared to death because they see a worm. The second reason I don't want to help someone start a tank is because I have no idea how to start a new tank because I would begin with a reverse UG filter and anyone who knows the person would laugh at him at least until it runs successfully for 25 or so years. By then, I will be dead. I added one page in my book on how "I" would start a new tank now if I had to use ASW and dry rock. It is scary and most people will not believe my methods, but what can I say?