Yeah its costly when starting it up the 3 on and off is only for existing systems to prevent shocking stuff. For so,e reason when i did it i did drops not mls so it was not as bad as the way you read it
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360 gallon sps reef, 180 gal sump, bubble king supermarine 300, 4xmp40Wes, 2 x 6215 tunze waveboxes, 4 ghl mitras
360 Reef Tank