I have been in the hobby only for about 2 and a half months. My first tank was a 55g that I got from a buddy who's wife said the tank had to go, now that there is a baby on the way. Some of you might have seen that I overdosed on NoPoX.... So for a while, I had a second "Trash Can" tank.... (Pictures Below)With all that being said, since I had all of my fish moved to a "QT" tank anyway, I thought it was a great excuse to upgrade to a larger tank. I know I was hooked and I didn't want to keep buying equipment for a smaller tank that I knew I was going to eventually upgrade from. So I've purchased a 100g DSA tank, with a sicce 5.0 return pump, Trigger Ruby Sump, and my OCTO 1000 "HOB" skimmer. I've added a plate of Marine Pure to the sump, as well as 12 smaller 2'' by 2'' blocks. You can see in the pictures I added the filters and bio wheels from my old hob filter. I thought at least for a while this would help keep the bacteria levels up until the new rock and MP is fully covered.We added our fish from the old tank. 4 Clowns and 4 Firefish (we had one casualty when one firefish jumped out of the Trash Can tank. I had taken the top off to feed and while I was in the other room it jumped out.... didn't see it until it was too late.) All of our clean up crew survived. Including one Margarita snail that had gotten left in the 55g tank! Hoping to get this stable and eventually add a Tang, Yellow or Purple. Thinking about down the road adding a sand sifting Goby, fire hawk fish, royal gramma, or mandarin dragonet.Not sure when to add some Chaeto to the refugium. I would love to try and keep some copepods and see if it would be possible to keep a community large enough for the dragonet.I can't tell if I am having trouble with micro bubble, bacteria bloom, or if the debris from the marine pure is causing the what looks like dust in the tank. I hope to add my first soft coral in a month or so! Well I'll try and keep this updated. Thanks for any feedback, tips and tricks! P.s. I am using a Marine Current LED 48'' to start off. View attachment 896