live rock - stored in saltwater for 2 years.

[aaronc]

Hi,

Two years ago my reef tank(180g) crashed hard. Fortunately most everything had been fragged and shared with others. The tank had been running for about 6 years in total, the first 5 everything was in a 90. A year later in the 180 all of a sudden it got a bad(really) bad) infestation of hair algea, arggg.. Long story short I lost everything. When I shut the tank down I put all of the live rock into rubbermaid containers filled with saltwater from the original tank. Those rubbermaids have been under the stairs for about 2 years now. In the mean time I drilled the 180 added a sump, bigger pump, etc. Used sand in the new setup instead of larger substrate material. i just drug out the rubbermaids and opened them up expecting a big stink but to my suprise no smell, absolutley no smell, none!??! Coraline algea still seems to be most of the rocks, no hair algea, the rocks look great. They almost seem to be still cured. Is that possible? Obviously I will not be adding the stale water to my new tank; but what do you think of the rock situation?

Thanks,

Aaron