Everyones water, tank, live rock, salt, sand, skimmer, lights, pumps, heaters, powerheads are all different the rock you bought is not even close to the rock the other guy might buy, tanks cycle diffrently, and I find everyones opinion is diffrent, there is no set way to cycle a tank, just what a whole bunch of people have done and it has worked.
I'm very newto this hobby and everyone will tell you to do something different, I developed " strainer" ears, I keep and listen to what I want, this tank is your own personal ecosystem, and it's not like Anyones out there.
I added 4 chromis and 3 turbo snails to mine and it's fine, But that's my tank and will not be like yours.
Just my 2 cents
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180 gallon reef tank with 80 gallon sump, 2 External overflow boxes ,3 drilled returns,Vertex 100 skimmer, Jager 250 watt heater, Stealth titanium 150 watt heater, 3-500 GPH return Aqua Globe pumps and 2 corelia power heads 
My tank so far
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