[IBMGeek]

Wow, A 210 You need lots of planning if you want everything to come out right.

You say you want fish only now, but when you are 1 year into this you might get bored of fish only and decide you want a reef so I would try to plan ahead. I would first do a search for the equipment you described to try and find review from fellow reefers (you dont want to spend double the money by buying something poorly made).


1.Drilled tank is a good choice if not the only practical choice.
2.Dead base rock is an excellent choice, definitely seed with some live rock.
3.I don't know much about that protein skimmer, so do search for review.(your going to need a good one)
4.You might want to consider external pump instead of internal.
5. Wet/Dry is ok if fish only and ok if reef as well you just have to maintain it. (Might want to look into refugium as well.)
6. I would definitely opt for Metal Halides as your lighting fixture. Gives you more flexibility in the future and looks nice.
7.Crushed coral is fine.

My last advice is that this hobby is expensive,not just to setup but to maintain as well, so make sure you have that in mind.