I have a 10 gallon nano that I started mid december. I LOVE IT! We did everything myself (aka didn't buy a cube). My husband actually built the hood, lighting including moon, and stand for it. We started off very small with a couple pounds of live rock, then a camel back shrimp. From there we added yellow polyps, a hammer, a torch, a candy cane (which I am not a fan of), several different zoos, and a colt coral. All are small frags bought at our local LFS that is great about having nano size frags. We have a pistol shrimp, barber shop goby (so fun) and a bicolor blenny. If you want more info, pictures, or advice just let me know. Go slow, buy only what you really want, and have fun. It's addicting.