New guy, not new to the hobby

[Ruben's Reef]

Hi everyone, I'm Tuxy.

I'm not new to the hobby, but I'm new to R2R.

First things first. I have a Marine tank. It's dead, full of 267L 3month old, cold unfiltered, untreated non skimmed water. I have 1mm crushed coral sand in the bottom and 3rd gen reef rock submerged in the crappy water. I'd love some advice on how to get the tank restarted and looking beautiful again. I suffered a really bad Dinos outbreak due to crappy pet shop water, but I now make my own with 0-1TDS readings and I live in an area with good non-hardy water.

My thoughts are:
1) Remove all water and throughly clean everything (including rocks and replace the sand completely)
2) Reseat the display and fill with fresh home made salt water (suggestions to which salt I use)
3) Advice please on which methods to restart the tank (i.e. first day no skimmer etc)
4) Restart auto dosing for Triton Method.
5) Allow to Cycle

I need advice on which is the best order? Did I miss anything? Any advice in general will be helpful. I'm quite experienced now in the sense of running it day to day, but I think I did the initial setup wrong last time, so want to get it right this time and not waste more time or live stocks lives. I like my fish!

Cheers,
Tuxy

!!! Welcome to R2R !!! Great advised from our fellow reefers. On the number 4, I would leave that after the tank cycled or get stable again.

 

[dbl]

Welcome to the family.

 

[Aaron Hobaugh]

Welcome to R2R! I would do the same as everyone else, scrub the rock and new saltwater...but I personally would buy new sand.

 

[tuxy_v8]

Thankyou everyone for your lovely welcomes!

I've decided on:

100% water change
new crushed coral sand & scrub my live rock.

I do have a question though. I have a RO/DI unit, can I pipe that to the tank and fill it. Then mix the salt in the tank (without the rock and sand in)?

 

[Peace River]

Thankyou everyone for your lovely welcomes!

I've decided on:

100% water change
new crushed coral sand & scrub my live rock.

I do have a question though. I have a RO/DI unit, can I pipe that to the tank and fill it. Then mix the salt in the tank (without the rock and sand in)?

Yes, you can mix the salt in the tank if you do it before you add sand and rock.

 

[BeejReef]

Welcome Tuxy..

Whatever method you decide, it's a lot better than putting it on craigslist!

 

[tuxy_v8]

My tank is now on my living room floor and kitchen.This is going to take a while.

Can I clean this all out with normal tap water? or do I have to use RO water?

 

[Peace River]

My tank is now on my living room floor and kitchen.This is going to take a while.

Can I clean this all out with normal tap water? or do I have to use RO water?

Tap water is fine for cleaning the tank while empty.

 

[Jeff Jarry reef]

Welcome to R2R !!!