Re-start Up Advice

[toytech]

Wash the sand or get some new stuff , and have a nice long cycle , there should be some bacteria still alive but there will be tons of die off in/on those rocks .

[cdhollan]

Originally Posted by toytech

Wash the sand or get some new stuff , and have a nice long cycle , there should be some bacteria still alive but there will be tons of die off in/on those rocks .

hmm posted this on another site too and got a similar response to "wash the sand"... how exactly do i do this lol just put it in a bucket and hose it down? and roughly how long a cycle? month or so?

[BC564]

rinse the sand in buckets or whatever you have....set it up just as if your starting over...cause you are.....do the same steps you did the first time you set it up.....

I would wash the sand......put the live rock in the tank....followed by sand......fill with your salt water mix....and then wait.......its going to need to cycle. I would forget about it for awhile.....by awhile I mean over a month.