Base rock

[goldie]

I am starting up my new red sea max 250 and I want to take things really slow(and more economical) so I decided to go with 40lbs of base rock from J&L and 25lbs of live rock. What I am wondering is should I put the base rock on the bottton (as the name implies) with the live rock on top, or should I mix it all together so the live rock might "seed" the base rock more effectivley?

[toytech]

You can mix them up its no problem, just add fish slowly to let the bacteria catch up with the bioload , as it takes time from them to colonize the dry rock.