Wow, this is really something...I only got through your first couple of photos and skimmed through your post. My initial advice would be to pay a visit to the new huge aquarium in Atlanta and try to talk to one of the aquarists that work there, see if there's a group of hobbyists in Atlanta that really understand reefkeeping. The problems you have can't really be solved on this board, I have a feeling you need someone to teach you, in person, how to deal with the basic issues of reefkeeping. So you need to find someone in your town, that does NOT work at a fish store, who can help. On this board we can point you in some of the right directions only.

Okay, so first on my list would be to sell (or maybe donate to the new aquarium in exchange for membership and/or help?) everything that's alive in your tanks before those animals perish as well. Sorry to be harsh, but I think you'd be best served in the long run by starting completely from scratch learning the basics. There are a few books that can help; first would be "The coral reef aquarium" by Ron Shimek, in which the basics are explained in plain english. Then, with the help of a knowledgable, non commercial helper, you can learn how to set up the equipment and control the water quality so that marine animals can survive. I'm sure you understand that these animals come from the ocean, which has a very specific environment that MUST be duplicated in your aquarium for them to live. They need the right temp, salinity, water flow, basic chemistry, food, and absence of toxic substances. You need to have a basic understanding of ALL of these issues or your animals will die. And, of course, each animal is different with regards to specific needs. Unfortunately, your fish stores don't care as much about this as they do selling you expensive stuff and replacement animals.

Keep all the equipment; you paid for it and it's probably good stuff, at least good enough. The reason your tanks are failing is that you don't yet understand how the system works to provide the right environment. Don't despair...you can learn it, but you'll need some help. And I don't mean help in maintaining the tanks; I mean help in teaching YOU how to do it. If you don't want to learn, meaning if all you want is the finished product, you'll probably never have success at this. You talk about how this guy and that guy couldn't get the stuff to work so you fired him...this says to me that you have been unwilling or unable up to this point to take the responsibility for learning to make it work yourself. Of course, I'm sure the stores had something to do with it...they're happy to sell you expensive animals and live rock, whatever, before you had the skills to take care of them.

Good luck, man! Find a new home for those animals, dry out the tanks, and start learning...in the long run you'll be MUCH happier. Right now you're probably so frustrated that any problem is going to be a little demoralizing. Pretty much everyone in the reefkeeping hobby went through a learning curve (we're all still learning) during which we made mistakes and lost animals. Your situation is a little extreme, though. Smile!