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[sea gnome]

As you have probably read, my tank has crashed. It also developed a leak at the same time. Of course, to fix the leak I needed to drain the tank, take out the rock and vety carefully balance the tank on the stand. The leak seems to be fixed, leaky connection now replaced by yet more quick disconnect fixtures and a new bulkhead. My corals, fish, and rock are in tuppperware tubs all over, salinity and temperature maintained at tank conditions for two days now. I can start putting everything in the tank tomorrow and adding water back in.

Question is, the water in the bucket STINKS and while the crabs and snail are alive some of the rock has orange speckles on it. (Wasn't there before) Should I add it to the tank as 'culture" I was thinking of scurbbing the rock before adding it again. I only have about 45g in the buckets and I need about 60g more. the sand bed is still moist and I am hopeful that it will recover.