Tonight, my tank is getting wet!!!! (and I probably will end up the same).

I just want to make sure that I've got the order of operations down for this... Your sugguestions will be appreaciated

SW mixing - Do you all reccommend mixing the salt in the tank, or in a seperate container? does it matter?
- Also, I would Imagine that if I mix it in the tank, that needs to be done before i add the sand, eh?

My sand is agra-alive sand. So, I'm thinking that I may need to put in a couple of inches of water first then putting in the sand.

- Then to put the rest of the water in, what do you all reccommend?
- I've heard of covering the sand bed with saranwrap securing it down with something weighted, and pouring the water onto that.
- I've also heard of pouring it into a tuppaware-type dish.
- Fill the display
- Fill the sump.

- I've heard of using a "fine filter" to filter out some of the smaller grains of sand... What EXACTLY do you use as a "fine filter"?

- I don't need to run my lights on a time-cycle until my nitro-cycle is nearly complete, right?

As always, Thanks for answering!

-JD