nano reef question

Right now, nothing--those danged camel shrimp will eat anything. I had some green and brown zooanthids, and some low light stonies that were doing quite nicely before the shrimp were introduced. I only have some feather dusters, the shrimp, a sally light foot crab and some snails in there. The rock has lots of coralline algae and sponges that are doing well.

For support--Figure about 10 pounds per gallon. If it's not real wood, I wouldn't risk it--the fiber board tends to flex badly after about 2-3 weeks. If you put the tank on a piece of 1/2 - 3/4 plywood, it should distribute the weight enough that it will work. I built a stand for mine--it was on a fiber board cabinet with the sump inside, but the condensation on the inside forced the upgrade.
 
okay this is what i have come up with:
10 gallon starter kit from walmart - 22.95
6 pounds of live rock - ~50
4 pounds of rock from my 75- free :)
1 10,000k 10 watt pc bulb -~8
1 50/50 13 watt 50/50 pc bulb-~ 8
aqauclear powerhead ~$15
25 watt submersable heater - 12
20 pounds of sand - 10

my question is:
will i need a skimmer and a refrigum(sp) ?
the fish i hope to keep are

pistol shrimp
jawfish godby
perc clown
a few hermits
a couple turbos
porcelin crab

for corals, probably some moderate lighting corals.
ricordea
button polyps
maybe bubble coral
and mushrooms
 
With the corals, you might need to run a skimmer every now and then, just to remove the toxins--but you could substitute this with running carbon every now and then as well.
 
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