i was temporally running my old canister filter to take out the dust and dirt that was in the tank when i unboxed it, i did rinse it out but there was still a lot of crud floating around when i filled it so i ran the canister for a few hours to polish up the water.
please excuse the phone pictures.
i added a few cups of crushed coral to the back of the tank in hopes that it will speed up the cycle
i will hopefully get the sand and live rock in tomorrow.