Welcome to Canreef,
It sounds like your on the right track for a quicker cycle but still your tank will cycle and the bottom line is to not add anything until your water parameters are all in check. No point in sentencing a chromis to his death if your ammonia is sky high. Test your water with test kits not fish. You might want to stay away from crushed coral for substrate, it can lead to problems down the road. Look into sand instead if you want that type of look. You could add all your rock at once and do the aquascaping the way you want it. If 100 pounds doesn't leave much room for fish to swim and coral placement you can put some of it in the sump. Does your sump have more than one compartment, could you have a refugium down there?
These are just my opinions,
HTH
Mike
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Last edited by MikeP; 03-08-2009 at 04:33 PM.
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