Hello all,It's been a while since I had a "tank", about 10 years. So much has changed in that time. I have done quite a lot of research, and then did some more. I live in an apartment, so a 75 was as big as I could go. My wife said I had a budget, so I had to be creative in putting it together.?My tank is a Marineland standard 75 Gal with matching stand, it is not a reef ready, but it looks good, and was cheap.I wanted to do a reef, and rock was VERY expensive when I had my last aquarium, which was a 58 show, so I knew that I had to go some other way. I looked into dry rock, which was nice, but still on the expensive side for me. One day, while researching on Youtube, I came across DIY live rock, or "oystercrete", and figured why not give it a shot. I put it together, and 3 weeks later, it had cured, and IMO, it is as good as, if not better than, any rock I've seen in a long time. I went with Carabsea sand, 40 lbs of special grade dry, and 40 lbs of Fiji Pink live. It gave me a 4" DSB. I set my reef before I added the sand, so it is a solid build.Since I'm on a budget, lights are a huge concern. I'm not ready to go SPS by any means, but I want to do some LPS and a nice Zoa garden with some mushrooms along with a few softies. I went with an Odyssea 4 bulb T5HO with a timer. I changed out the bulbs to Wavepoint bulbs, 2 Super Blue's, and 2 Sun Waves 12000K. This should be good for my set up until I can afford to get some LED's.I built a sump from a 20 long, 2 sections, 9" deep that gives me approx 17 gal. That gives me enough room for over flow from a power outage, especially since I plan to use the return for surface disturbance. I have a RO Classic 110 INT in one side and a Rio 2100 pushing 692 GPH on the other. There is a Little Fishes 150 for my GFO and a Maxijet 1200 to run it. An Eshopps PF-800 HOB overflow with 1.5" soft plumbing handles the flow to and from the sump.My pumps were the toughest. I am on a budget, but I wanted to get the best I could for the money I had. After much research, and many questions to many of you, I went with a pair of Jebao RW-4 wavemakers and a pair of Aqueon 700 GPH fans. The RW-4's are just enough for the 75, but I wish I got the RW-8's. The 4's push 1100 GPH apiece, and with the 700's, it gives me 3600 GPH, or roughly 5X per hour.?I added the water today, and added a bottle of Instant Ocean Bio-Spira for cycling. I'll add a second one in a week. I'm so excited!!I plan to add a clean up crew in a couple of weeks, and I'll do updates as I add my Livestock and Corals.I wish to thank all that helped and answered all my questions, you know who you are!Jim