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good luck with the chinese LED fixtures... unless you see a reef capable fixture in person and then you buy a cheap LED knockoff you will love your chinese LEDs
if you are looking to buy your lights once, let me know and I will guide you REEF CAPABLE LED Stripes for about $90 each
8 hours a day is fine
run 4 hours (white) and 8 hours blue
both are important but blue light produces more photosynthesis then white that's why corals grow faster with blue and if you can go with LED (good ones not cheap ebay ones) your corals will grow like grass
if you have a drilled tank, sump and return pump you're ready to go with a FOWLR (fish only with live rock) I'm not sure about the return pump 3~400 gph may not be enough depending on your overflow
my return pump is 1200 gph but it all depends on your overflow and yes you need a skimmer, but...
mandarin needs a very stabilized colony copepods to thrive,
tang are very aggressive, I will say put it last
damsels ? hells no those fish are beautiful but they're bullies
consider some cardinals, anthias and chromis