El Guappo's Red Sea Max Reborn.

[ElGuappo]

Well i have completley destroyed my tank to the point that today i restarted with new sand and stanky LR. everything that used to be in it is now in buckets or temporary tanks.

In the last monthe i have lost two fire shrimp, a cleaner shrimp, a camel back shrimp. a tobbacco bass, a pearly jawfish, 2 porcelin crabs, 1 pep shrimp, and two chromis. i watched something drag a fireshrimp into the jawfishes home.

this is when i decided he (the jawfish) wasnt coming back. he had disapeared once before only to turn up days later. this time after a week i took my skimmer out, the powerheads, and such to look in the sump nothing. since his disappearance i have seen a sandsifter upside down in the cave and a fire shrimp get dragged down to the same spot. plus various hermit parts lying around.

i took my two clowns and put them in a 10 with some coral and lr. i also have a 25 that is now home to my elbli angel and 6line, with my sally light light foot. this is the tank that the chromis died in im thinking they may have died from the move !?!

I have tried numerous traps only to come up empty. Doug (thanks again) helped me check existing lr crevices and nothing. i am just at a total loss. i have started the max to cycle today and think i will be seting traps before i add any LS after the cycle.

One question how should i store sand for later use and if i want reuse this LR again should i cycle it with the rest? or cook it?

Thanks for any help.

Peace