Nightmare. Advice needed

[NikkiNoo]

Bought a second hand Red Sea 250. The plate the drain pipe feeds through is a bit broken so it doesn’t seal.

Anyway, after replacing 0 rings the issue be fixed , so I’m ordering a new aquarium online but it’ll take a few days to arrive.

Problem is there’s dry rock, a new bag of live sand and water in my tank and I can’t turn anything on because of the leak.

Will the sand survive a few days without the pump etc being turned on?

 

[BubblesandSqueak]

Bought a second hand Red Sea 250. The plate the drain pipe feeds through is a bit broken so it doesn’t seal.

Anyway, after replacing 0 rings the issue be fixed , so I’m ordering a new aquarium online but it’ll take a few days to arrive.

Problem is there’s dry rock, a new bag of live sand and water in my tank and I can’t turn anything on because of the leak.

Will the sand survive a few days without the pump etc being turned on?

do you have a power head?

 

[Aquavaj]

You'll be fine. If you think about it, the bag of live sand comes sealed with little to no circulation. If you're still worried then you can put in a pump, powerhead or an air pump to get some water movement.

 

[Blue Spot Octopus]

Lower the water to below the over flow run the tank with a power head or air pump, wait and get the new bushing.

 

[NikkiNoo]

All sorted. Thanks for responses. I’m currently cycling the new aquarium.