Finally we were able to wash the sand, add in the live sand and also managed to buy some LRs to seed and start the cycling period.
Hoping to get some more LR or dead rocks though, and also looking for a skimmer and a FR. The good thing is that currently without lights and only heat from the 45w DD pump, my tank temperature is 26.5
Some random pics of the random rock scape, will redo after getting some more rocks.
The sand bed, we used normal sand bought from PolyArt as the base and then place the Caribsea Ocean Direct sand on top of it. The effect turns out to be what we have in mind.
The DD return pump
Will post again when new toys are in