Hey Brandon I don't want do derail your thread but I am curious what would be your preferred method to start a new saltwater system? I have seen a lot of your posts and find your suggestions to make a lot of sense to me. I went the dry rock cured in a tub for 3 months with adding 3 different types of bottle bac and had a horrible dino and cyano experience. Trying to learn more about biomes and different methods to create stable diverse systems.