Nice deal..get'n ready to upgrade tp 55 Gal. PICTURES!!

Greetings..
Well nothing worse than a woman scorned...I just got a divorce deal from craigslist..JUST COME AND GET IT OUT OF HERE !!! $100.00

Pretty good score..but I thought there would be more...not looking a gift horse in the mouth mind you...but I did'nt expect the way they did things.
Apparently it was just fish...no corals at all....they had no testing supplies because she said all they did was take a sample to the shop and then they would fill/sell them the proper mix to take home and change out..(got 3 nice 5 gallon jugs also)...But what I did get was pretty good for $100.00
Sorry no before pictures....it was a mess...she told him to take his fish and get out...and she just unpluged everything and let it evaporate out.
So, after about 3 hours of cleaning...heres what I got.

Tank front 55 gallon Glass
Nice 48 inch combo light setup,T5 blue /white/ lunar / no MH



Tank Rear
CPR skimmer, heater, 2 MagJet 900power heads.



Other stuff
Original lights,(good for DIY ;D) an alk mg test kit, siphon, net, magnet cleaner etc.



Lights..They work.



Rocks..
Scrubed them up and have them in the sun drying now.



Now for the Questions...
I want to start cycleing this tank so I can do my transfer from my 30 gal. around Nov.... 70 / 90 days from now.
I rinsed out this sand until it was all clear water..remember nothing died in it..if that matters...just a TON of salt built up on everything!
I scrubed the rock..and is now drying in the sun.
What do I do to prepare this media for the tank?
It is reuseable?...microwave? Bleach? I have heard these mentioned but not gave it much thought until, of course, now that I need to.

thanx in advace folks,
LG

 

i have herd of bleaching or boiling rocks but have never done that to any of my rocks i just bleach them in the sun for a week or so as long as they have not used copper in the tank to treat for ick or something you should be ready to go forward with your setup.

 

Nice...;D

 

O by the way nice score on the tank i use a 55 gal also for my display tank .

 

Thanx guyz...appreciate the input....I'm gonna start filling up with ro/di now...should take aloooooong time.
Let the rocks blaze in the sun some more (106 degrees)....I need to buy some more anyway...I'll add them later....
Thanx again..
LG

 

i wouldn't do anything else to the rocks once they are completely dry jut blow them off with a air hose scrubbing works good but once they are dry everything is dead for the most part with my extra rock i just let it dry and put it in the tank if i need it i have never had any problems with it