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I'm on day 16 of my tank cycle and have brownish algae starting to grow over my dry rock. I started with about 25 lbs of dry dead rock and 20 lbs of live Carrib sea sand in my 29 gallon tank. I'm currently using Red seas reef mature pro kit and it mentions I need a protein skimmer but nothing about a filter. I have my new reef octopus HOB 100 skimmer running constantly. I have a Marineland c-160 canister filter but I have yet to even use it. My first question is: Should I use it with my tank during the cycle to build bacteria? My second question is: Should I be ok using it if I cleaned it as well as I could with vinegar and water being as it was previously used by someone on their freshwater tank?