Thunderkat

It was nice meeting you yesterday and I am sorry to hear about your tank. I wish you lived closer I would gladly help you rebuild your tank!

Even with cured liverock and live sand your going to have a "cycle" since the bacteria population has to build up somehow. Of course with cured live rock and live sand you would minimize this cycle. I think that the money spent vs waiting a few extra weeks would not be worth it but to eaches own.

You could "save" your old live rock by cleaning it. I am not exactly sure of the process you would have to take to save it but I am sure that you would probably kill most of the life on the rock in the process.

If I am not mistaking Aquatic Warehouse and TX Tropical (where I bought mine) both sell LS.

Hope this helps a bit and good luck with the re-setup.

Christopher