All of which is good advice, but really sharks and predatory fish interest me a lot more than some corals ;P
But hey, who said I'm going to give up on corals? I'm going to have an aquatics/marine room, so the very next thing I plan to set up is a frag tank. I'm just interested in raised tridacna clams in the main tank as it seems like they would be pretty well rooted and none of the inhabitants will really be interested in eating huge clams. If, however, it doesn't work out, I'll have to figure out a way to salvage the clams and transfer them to another tank.
And I'm somewhat sure that some corals out there somewhere might do ok in that tank. But hey, if it doesn't work out, that means I need that much less lighting ;P
I just want to let you know that I originally wanted a 300 gallon, but, uh, when I realized I could have an aquarium room things, well, escalated. A lot.
Something I found out the hard way: shark and ray community doesn't really take well to newcomers. I was told I was "suspect" because I was interested in a shark that just coincidentally was available through vendors for the first time right before I posted. I had no idea. Worst part is the guy that said this was a admin/moderator/expert/ whatever you would call them on sharkandraycentral.
:/ As you can tell by my name, I f***ing love sharks. I'd keep a freaking great white if I could lol
Long post on my part. Long story short: don't worry, you haven't discouraged me. There's also a reason I said 1k+ gallons and not 1k. There's a possibility it might become a tank spanning the entire wall, at around 16 feet long, 4 feet tall, and 4 feet wide. That's 1900, which would make my life a lot tougher. Though I am planning ultimately not to make it that way, but it's a possibility. It could only get bigger, not smaller lol ;P
I should stop now or I'll end up convincing myself to turn it into a shark and ray pool just because I can.