Reef Creatures Resiliency (long story)

[Zylumn]

Story:

As some of you know I have a 220g tank in my garage that I am cooking about 180lbs of LR and about 80 lbs of base rock. I have had it there since last fall waiting for renovations to commence in my basement of my house. The LR was full of algae hence the cooking. Once last winter I came out to the garage to find my power out and the tank water at 53 F. It took me 4 heaters and a week to get it up to 65 F. This summer I have been wanting to do a rock clean and dip and a water change but it just didn't happen. Twice this summer I entered the garage to find the water temp. over the 90 F, not sure how many times when I didn't check.
Well Friday I swished and dipped all the rock in clean r/o water and cleaned the tank and changed the water.
In my swish water I found 2 live nsarrius snails, 7 rather large copepods, and a hairy beige crab ( the size of a quarter) and about 10 rather large crab claws.
Now after all I put this LR through it is still full of life. I was the last person to suspect anything alive and just goes to show the Resiliency of Reef Creatures.
Kevin