How much lighting do I need for my 55-gallon saltwater tank?

Can you give me your opinion on my saltwater tank/aquarium?

• Hello! I have been planning my saltwater tank and would like your opinions on it. I have several points that I'd like to cover. Any information you can offer, I would be grateful for. If you could bear with me while I cover the specifications of my tank. And the population which I plan to place in it. Firstly, the tank... a 125 gallon tank. 72" x 18" x 22"(L,W,H) It will have a glass top with two fluorescent strip lights. It will have an overflow, and a mega-flow sump filter. Also I will add a Cora-life Super Skimmer Needle Wheel Protein Skimmer and two power heads. Along with that I will also add more filtration with a Marine-land Emperor 280 Filter System. That will do for the hardware. I will add 120-140 lbs of live sand from the south pacific. In addition I will have 120-140 lbs of live rock. I will also opt for some live soft corals, polyps and mushrooms. Of these corals, they compose of 3 Assorted Mushroom Corals 3-5", 2 Assorted Leather Coral 3-5" and 3 Green Metallic Star Polyps 3-5". Also to be bought are combination of various soft, polyp, and mushroom corals. In addition to those I may decide to add some more mushroom corals. the reason for the vagueness in some of them is because they will be bought in a package deal so I won't know exactly what I will get. Now to the little critters: 6 Cerith snails 6 Nerite snails 1 Sand Sifting Starfish 1 Cleaner Shrimp 3 Blue Leg Hermits 3 Red Leg Hermits My concern about the little critters is that they feed on detritus. I don't know how I can keep them fed and still run a protein skimmer. Maybe get a smaller protein skimmer? Moving on to the fish... 1 Yellow Tang 3 Green Chromis 1 Clownfish Possibly: 1 Carpenter Flasher Wrasse and/or 1 Filemented Flasher Wrasse and/or 1 McCoser Wrasse. Now some of my questions.... Would you change my fish arrangement? What wrasse would you get? Do you know how I could keep my crabs and such fed? Would my corals need better lighting? They are begginer coral and only really need photosynthetic food. But not sure what lighting I should have. You think my equipment set up is good? Is the 125 too small for everything I want? Is it too small to have a certain fish? Anything you could help me with is greatly appreciated. Thanks! <3 Curious Aquarist P.S. I want to be as well planned as possible. But I'd like to know what you think. Please avoid posting many links as your only answer.

• Answer:

  I honestly do not know much about salt water, but I do want to tell you I am very impressed. It sounds like you have really been doing your research! I hope someone on here can help you!