Stupid move on my part

[erikjphillips]

My return pump quit a few weeks back and i just replaced it this past week. In the sump was probably 20lbs of sand and about 20 lbs of rock. i tossed the sand as i knew it would be storing all kinds of nastyness that i didnt need. the rock however i decided to stick right in the display and now i have red slime showing up. no clue why i didnt think i needed to cycle that rock. dumb dumb dumb. there is a total of 100 gallons in the system and i have about 150lbs of rock in the display. Should be ok with a few water changes right?

 

[Dowtish]

Water changes and add some beneficial bacteria to balance things out again. Like Microbacter 7 or Microbe-Lift Special Blend

 

[erikjphillips]

do you have a recommendation on a supplier, my LFS would never carry this

 

[Bruno]

do you have a recommendation on a supplier, my LFS would never carry this

Unique Aquaria/Skiptons has some