I am also new to the forums ( last month). I ran a 75 bow front for about 8 years with some success and little knowledge. Last year it crashed and neither of the two shops I dealt with could figure out what happened. Anyway I tore it down. Now I decided to start over with a bigger tank for one more try to do it right. As stated before I found and bought a 125 wide and started buying better lights, pumps and etc. as i built a stand. The tank was acrylic and when I filled it it had a small leak in the corner joint so back to the 75. My question for you guys is my rock. It was live rock with good coraline color but sat dry for six months. I have been cycling it in saltwater and heat for about six month now. It looks mostly like white base rock but the water is stable. My tank is still about a month from set up. Is there any way to start the rock like seeding it, adding live sand or adding a piece of active live rock before my tank is up ? I do have a 60 gallon tank in the basement that I could run lights and etc. to put the rock in.