Thursday Meeting: Tank set-up

One suggestion before the meeting this comming Thursday is to e-mail out a quick survey to all WMAS members about everyone's first reef set-up. For example:

-What lights? (MH, PC, VHO, etc.)
-What substrate? (DSB, plennum, grain size, etc.)
-Tank size?
-Sump/refugium?
--Filtration?
-Temperature?
-Addatives?
-Reef Janitors?
-Live Rock/dead rock/both/how much?
-Fish? (What kinds best, when to add)
-What to look for in used equipment, first time out?
-What lessons learned from first set-up for a second reef set-up? (eg. If I had it to do over again....)
-Etc....

This would allow some sort of graphical comparison of popular methods. I'm bringing a friend down with the monthly Logan carpool, and he is just about to embark on the equipment purchasing stage. Something else along the lines of 'equipment I purchased that I wish I hadn't' might be good since many information sources (like books) push lots of equipment. Anyway, just and idea and my $0.02 worth!

Regards,

Also,

what look for in the first couple of months.  For example, algea blooms.  What types of algae is good/bad (what does it look like).