Bit of an update....
Freshwater tested the tank tonight. The koralia 1 I planned on using isnt producing enough flow for my liking thus far. Had an extra 4 laying around so I tried that and I think we may have a winner. Ill see if its too much flow when I finally have rock in there and corals, but its easy enough to change out for others.
Ill be building the stand this evening and hopefully finishing it tomorrow. Still want to have water in it come this weekend.
and yes Im getting a few micro bubbles with the larger pump. Im sure the problem will go away once Im running filter floss.