first of all start of with smaller fishes such as clowns,clowns from batam
only cost about 1 dollar.and theres protien skimmer for 10 dollars and a
buy a ph test kit about 10 dollar,readymade water for 1dollar,and food for 4 dollars,sand for 8 dollars.this only applies for an 1.5 X1.5 feet tank.
its small but efficiant.If yor tank is bigger,times the total amount by by the size of your tank,haha does'nt that make sense!!