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Just wanted to say hi.
I'm kinda new ( still a noob) to reef aquariums. I had a horrible experience with a 7gal nano cube and a pushy jerk of a salesman several years ago. After I did some research and learned to not always listen to the salesman I had it running very well for about a year and I also had a 27gal cube that did really well but everything perished when my wife and I moved. So it's 5 years later and the wife finally gave me the go-ahead for a new tank.
Today I set up a 55 gal tall tank, added my water and sand. Tomorrow I'm headed out to buy a sump and lighting and all the wonderful things that go into a tank before anything live every touches the water.
I'm so glad to be getting back into the hobby. And I thank you all in advance for the information, helpful hints and understanding of my noobishness that I hope is sure to follow in the coming months.
 
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Ok. So here's what I got so far:

Tank
56 gallon aquarium
37.5 lbs of live rock
Ecoxotic 36" panorama marine led
35 watts 18- 12k white LEDs
8- #445 nm blue LEDs
Koralia 550 gph power head
Eshopps 800 gal over flow box

Sump
Eshopps rs-75 reef sump
Hydor 200 watt heater
Matrix bio filter support media (31 cubic in)
One bottle of live nitrifying bacteria
Triton 3000 850 gph water pump

tank temp holding steady at 77 Deg.f specific gravity is at 1.022

is there anything else im missing or is it time to sit back and wait for it to cycle?

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