Very experienced in fresh and a good 2-3 yr reefer and you can run any tank with any filter! Honestly if you know what your doing you don’t need a filter at all ! its just your tank so go with what u know ! Pay attention to tank and it’s residents! And keep learning ! Just take it slow enjoy the process! Do your research and do what you want! Don’t let anything stop uI am very curious to see how this goes for you! I have a 90 g that has been cycled for about a month now, my goal is also a mixed reef! I have 2 Marineland magnum 350 canisters, a Coralife 125 skimmer, and a Marineland HOB 400. So far so good! I plan to turn my lights on around Christmas, and start adding corals after new years. Good luck!
honestly I’d go 2-3 months sometimes before opening the fluval FW . They moved alot of water to!This. I hated the canister maintenance, i preferred a wet/dry in my FW days because it was simple to change out the filter pad every 10-14 days. I always feared tearing apart the ol fluval for maintenance because one nicked o-ring was a water leak from hell.