well, im sort of upgrading into this tank, taking one tank down and using all of its rock and most of its sand. i dont forsee me hitting a mini-cycle, as i have done this once before, except then i used 30 pounds live sand with 15 pounds dried out sand

all that will be in the new tank is rock and inverts for now. the corals i have im waiting on putting in till things in the new tank calm down. im also using a filter thats been on an established tank for 2 years on this tank, so that will only help speed up the process. thanks for the extremely useful info!