Dry reef rock start up question

[SALTWATER FISH HIPPIE]

going to be starting up a proclear 230. i currently have the sand and water in it circulating. filter cups and poly fill. seeding live sand in my current set up. anyhow dry rock is on its way. will prob do minor aquascaping but not a lot. going to prob just do a couple cove shapes. would i be better off to cycle in a tub? My last build cycled w dry rock added to the aquarium directly. i did not know if it would be worth the wait on the tub cycle of rock. any risk of running the aquarium without any live rock for the time it takes to cycle rock in the tub? i will be adding ceramic bio media that has been seeded in current system. new system will be new home to our blonde naso tang and our clown tang. thanks

 

[Aquavaj]

I'd just cycle everything in the tank. No need to waste saltwater and electricity to cycle them separately in a tub for no benefit.