First marine tank, stocking/setup advice?

[tropicdan]

After receiving a 40gal. (36"x18"x16") from my friend, after months of wanting to setup a new tank, finally ready to. After much research, I have decided 100% to go marine. My only other experience with fish keeping is my 29gal freshwater, which I am very happy with. I am new to saltwater but definitely am confident I can do it. I know I still have much to learn but from the research I have done here are my questions so far:
What filter? I was thinking Eheim Classic 2215, but have heard, altough very good, not the best for saltwater.
I'm going to have live sand and live rock, and eventually coral once the tank matures.
I plan on initially adding maybe 45lbs of live rock. How many lbs for a 40 gal for adequate filtration w/o a mechanical?
What/how many power heads for the rock and eventually corals?
Which protein skimmer would be adequate for this 40 gal? Still need to read up more on skimmers..
Here is what I'd like to stock:
Kaudern's Cardinal (Pterapogon kauderni) x 1
Bicolor Pseudochromis (Pseudochromis paccagnella) x 1
Purple Pseudochromis (Pseudochromis porphyreus) x 1
Six Line Wrasse (Pseudocheilinus hexataenia) x 1
Ocellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) x 1
Yellow Damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon aureus) x 1
Four Stripe Damselfish (Dascyllus melanurus) x1
Blue Sapphire Damselfish (Chrysiptera springeri) x1
Most likely gonna order from ***********.com Any concerns with that list?
Is that over or understocked? What inverts could I keep with these fish?
Any information/links very appreciated. Happy new year.
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Since originally posting this on a different forums, I have learned and had some of these questions answered.
Such as I will probably not stock the damsels as I've heard they can be quite aggressive...
also I think I'll stay away from canisters for saltwater.
Anyway I'm very glad I found this site/forum.
another question if I may: got a good link where I can really learn everything I need to know about sumps?
I know I really need to do so much more research...
so thanks for any responses, I'm off to read the pinned topics here.

 

[florida joe]

You may want to look into how territorial the fish on your list are

 

[rmeaux]

Good quick general idea on sump design and use go to melevsreef
Very general rule of thumb on the rock is 1-2 lbs/gal
Put a sump if you can afford it
Power heads depend on your main pump flow and how you direct your return water. If you decent flow and no dead spots few or any powerheads may be needed.
Just my two cents. Keep asking questions. I do! Some questons I ask repeatedly because you always get a slightly differnt answer. This is a great site though. Love the people.

 

[bizzmoneyb]

I wouldnt even worry about a filter like that. Get yourself a bunch of live rock and a good protein skimmer and pumps with lots of flow and you'll be good to go.
I believe as far as powerheads go its good to have around 20-30X turnover rate in your tank.. so in your case you'd probably want 800-1200 GPH.
I would go with some nass snails to keep your sandbed clean and turbos for the rocks and glass... and maybe a shrimp and crab or two. I'd nix the damsels.. they are aggressive bullies.