so i finally got the tank all cleaned up, still some dried up salt i cant get off around the top edges ( any suggestions?) found out it was the heater that was causing the electrical short, took that out, put a new sponge in the back, pump and lights are working well, air pump for skimmer isnt working well enough so gotta get a new one of those, and took apart the fan cleaned it really well and put back and now its alot quieter, got some water running through it now by itself, next step is to get my sand, i think im gonna go with a live black sand from the lfs, get some rubble rock for the other back chamber, transfer some live rock from my other tank, and get a few more base pieces