leak in my 125g

hi everybody, ive been spying on all of you for a couple of weeks and out of necessity my first independent thread is...... HELPPPP!!!!!!
i developed a slight leak from under my tank yesterday and assumed one of my seals along the edge of the tank was leaking or there was a crack....i emptied the tank and didnt see a crack.....dammit, it was the seal along the front. quick trip to home depot, couple of hours later i had removed and re-siliconed the front and sides. now, my question is: i had removed all my livestock, LR and sand to buckets with water. can i just put it all back in and will i cause a new cycle? i threw away the last 10 gallons of dirty water as i was removing the sand, it looked just like skimmate.thankyou all.

 

You should be ok as long as the rock was not out of the water for too long. It would be like switching tanks, which many people do with no problems.

 

gracias guitar man! i took the rocks straight out the tank and put them straight into water id removed from the tank prior. im also going to do a 5% water change today just to try and get some of the nasties that i released from the sand out.

 

I would suggest running FW through your tank and check for leaks before you put everything back in. The last thing you want to see is another leak and have to remove them again.

 

i just got back from my 'store' (place where they do coral research so i get my water and base rock free ! ) with 20 gallons h20, and 80 more lbs rock. i was just thinking abou the fw check too. thankyou. the only reason i was contemplating it was i didnt want to put my sand in after the water and stir it up again...which i think is gonna happen regardless of the order
thanks!

 

If you put a large plate in your tank on the sand and pump the water onto the plate you normally wont get too much junk stirred up. I have also seen people put the rock in dry, fill sand in around it except for one end of the tank. Fill the tank from the bare bottom part and then slowly slide the sand over the bare bottom.

 

You are going to need to re-seal the ENTIRE tank. Hope this caught you in time

 

thanks packleader, yeah thats what i did, i thought better safe than sorry. and in all this process my anemone split.....again.

 

After you put the sand in the tank, have about 1/4" or less of water above the sand. Someone here had a great idea of putting saran wrap over the sand at that point, so when you pour water in, it won't stir the sand up if you pour slow and easy.