For ultimate safety and near idiot-proofing for the initial setup, leave your power configuration however it is currently or just temporarily connect the pumps and a few fans to regular power supply headers or motherboard headers. Connect nothing to the Aquaero, just connect power and USB on one of the units.
Boot up, get everything flashed on that one, then power down and connect the second Aquaero.
Boot up again, flash everything, set up your basic outputs, set everything to 100% power, power down.
Now put your power connectors in their final locations, boot again, and set your curves/final power levels for everything.
Seems convoluted, but it won't take long. As long as the pumps are running, you'll only need maybe one or two fans going. It'd take a while for the system to overheat at idle without fans, the pumps are the critical part.