I just realized I forgot to take pictures of the process after I emptied the tank.
Here's a summary:
-disconnected the closed loop plumbing (dirty stinky job!)
-patched the drilled holes in the back wall & the one in the overflow
-went on vacation for a week (diving in Cozumel/Playa del Carmen
) while the sylicone dried
-scraped off the old dried up coraline algae, etc.
-filled the tank with a mix of used water & some fresh SW (using the water I had the rock & fish in for about 6 weeks in theory should minimize the new tank cycle) -I had done regular water changes
-aquascaped with aprox 100 lbs of sand and 400 lbs of rock (there is a 20%/80% mix of established clean live rock together with the newly cured & about 10 lbs of live sand poured out on top of the new sand to seed it and get things cracking) Again in theory this should minimize the cycling process because of the bacteria, etc already present.
-added the fish back in to the mix along with a few test corals
Over the course of the next few weeks I will be transferring more corals I have in the prop tank & replace the old bulbs with new Phoenix 14K 250 watt MH bulbs.
I will snap some pix of the new set up ASAP.