Brand-spankin' new 55 gallon build

Finally, after years of waiting and months of planning, researching, buying, and work, my 55 gallon soon-to-be softies and LPS reef has officially begun the cycle (Sunday evening)! Here's what I've got rolling so far:

• Standard non-reef ready Tetra 55 gallon tank (dollar-a-gallon at petco, hard to pass up) with Lifereef HOB overflow, sitting on DIY stand
• Bare bottom now, so i can can more accurately figure out flow and detritus settling, will eventually add 3/4" sandbed for aesthetics
• 50 lbs of BRS reef saver rock, elevated off the bottom with 3/4" pvc
• 5 lbs live fiji rock to seed
• 2 koralia2 powerheads operated by koralia wavemaker
• DIY sump out of a 20g long, with bubble trap baffles space 2" apart
• Reef Octopus Classic-150INT (not running during cycle)
• Eheim Jager 150watt heater powered by DIY heater controller
• Mag9 return pump
• Hydor Smart level ATO
• 1 dead stinky shrimp that makes the wife dry heave when she walks by (bonus)
• Instant Ocean mixed with RODI from Spectrapure refurb 90GPD unit

Params as of yesterday:

• NH3: .25ppm
• NO2: 0ppm
• NO3: 0ppm
• Salinity: 1.026 SG
• pH: 8.16

10-20% WC weekly during cycle
LED lighting will be acquired and turned on after cycle is complete

So that's how she's running so far. Stay tuned and thanks for reading!

Joe