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Okay, so I may have messed up. Something is messed up somehow..maybe bc of me or maybe not. Anyways...
Transferred the rock, some sand(maybe 2 cups) and about 1/2 the water from my bc8 to my 17 gallon w/20l sump. Added 20 lbs of sand between fuge and DT. I then let it run over night and added my clowns, some frags that I picked up last weekend. Well nothing's opened up and the LPS melted very quickly. (Torch and frogspawn, Duncan's still holding on for life). Clowns were fine.
I still had the bc up so I transferred everything back except the rock.
SG-1.024
pH-7.8
Alk-about 6.5
Trate-0
Trite-0
Ammonia-0
Phosphate-0
(Obviously haven't had any type of cycle yet.)
I realize that the alk is low but it doesn't seem low enough to wipe everything out so fast. What I'm thinking is maybe I didn't wait long enough to let the PVC glue cure. Seems like an obviously dumb thing to do looking back.
Anyways I did add a bunch of carbon and a skimmer. Skimmers not pulling much of anything. I can't really test for anything that I haven't already so idk how to tell when my water is good.
Should I scrap everything and start over or do u guys think there's some hope? Anyone have any ideas??
Transferred the rock, some sand(maybe 2 cups) and about 1/2 the water from my bc8 to my 17 gallon w/20l sump. Added 20 lbs of sand between fuge and DT. I then let it run over night and added my clowns, some frags that I picked up last weekend. Well nothing's opened up and the LPS melted very quickly. (Torch and frogspawn, Duncan's still holding on for life). Clowns were fine.
I still had the bc up so I transferred everything back except the rock.
SG-1.024
pH-7.8
Alk-about 6.5
Trate-0
Trite-0
Ammonia-0
Phosphate-0
(Obviously haven't had any type of cycle yet.)
I realize that the alk is low but it doesn't seem low enough to wipe everything out so fast. What I'm thinking is maybe I didn't wait long enough to let the PVC glue cure. Seems like an obviously dumb thing to do looking back.
Anyways I did add a bunch of carbon and a skimmer. Skimmers not pulling much of anything. I can't really test for anything that I haven't already so idk how to tell when my water is good.
Should I scrap everything and start over or do u guys think there's some hope? Anyone have any ideas??