love to setup a reef

[gen]

I have a 85 FO tank. I would love to have a reef. I am not competely 100% comfortable with my FO. I only started it in May 2001. I have a Hospital tank 20 gal. that I thought I might convert to a reef. It has a very cheap setup. cc for sub. and undergravel filtration, heater. thats it. could I convert that by adding live rock? whatelse would I need? Or would I be better off waiting till I was comfortable with my 85 then conveting that. My 85 has a Amiracle wet dry, red sea berlin turbo protein skimmer, uv sterilizer, 2 rio 2100 power heads.dead sand for sub. What do you think?
Gen

 

[burnnspy]

Check out my Reef Basics web page on that very topic.
From feedback I have gotten from others my FO to Reef method is effective. Let me know if you have suggestions also.
BurnNSpy

 

[car guy]

all you need is lots of lr and lights, you can set up power compacts for a relativly cheap price, but the lr on the other hand is usually about 6$ a lb., so you can buy 40lbs of lace or base rock and like 100lbs. or more lr and sit the lr on top of the base ot lace