Accidentally pour vinegar into a tank

I did a 25% water change and ran skimmer. The tank cleared up some. Wonder if I leave the lights off helps since there’s no coral or fish in.
 
I did a 25% water change and ran skimmer. The tank cleared up some. Wonder if I leave the lights off helps since there’s no coral or fish in.
Lights shouldn't matter much. Bacteria are nonphotosynthetic. Just keep the skimmer running wet and and maybe give a little extra alk dose
 
Whether it has barely any nitrates or zero nitrates creates the same problems with corals. That’ll have to get resolved soon. When it comes to vinegar dosing though, nitrates will bottom out, consume a tiny bit of phosphates and that bacterial growth will quickly die off and if you’re not skimming them out, they will release that nitrate and phosphate back into the water column, repeating the cycle until the carbon source is exhausted. This is why I say don’t do anything. Even water changes aren’t going to change the fact that there’s a bunch of vinegar in the system, figuring a 50% water change would only reduce the quantity by 50%. I think the water changes have a greater chance of stressing your tank, than the vinegar. If you’re running a skimmer, I’d shut it off for a week and let things ride.
I just cleaned a used tank with distilled white vinegar mixed with water & then put sand and saltwater to start my cycle without rinsing the tank, will I be ok?
 

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