Boy it's a drag when $$$ and life get in the way of what you seriously want to do with your aquarium!!!
I would just keep a very close eye on that and be ready to shut down your closed loop if you see any salt creep around that tubing. $800 would probably be pretty cheap compared to the damage of that much salt water on your floor.
I would love to redo my closed loop on my 230g as it only has 2 returns and is run by a Mag 24 and it bites for flow and noise. I have 2 Tunze 6100 running in the tank to give it more flow and IMO it's still not enough. This is the first really big, drilled tank that I bought and I bought the whole package from a LFS in Edmonton that I try not to shop at any more because of their terrible service. My 190 I designed and drilled myself and it is far better for flow and design if I say so myself.
Don't know what you are looking at for lights but I have a 2X250W with VHO's for sale that I have never used and just looking to get back what I paid for it (I think $750 but will have to check). PM me if interested.
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