did I kill most of everything?

[ussj4brolli]

so, my golf rock arrived on Thursday, add I immediately took them out of the paper towels and submerge them in nutri-sea in the bags for a day.
My tank is still broken, long story there. I just got a little 20 gal for the rock, put heater and Skimmer and a filter in it. The clams are still alive because when I tap the class they shut. But I see literally hundreds of dead worms and such. Lots of plant life though still, I think.

Should I put the light on it full time?

My sand is in buckets w nutri-sea... should this be in the 20g or wait until Tuesday or so until my tank is fixed. I'll test everything today. And post the parameters.

 

[Sk8r]

You may have had the worms die in the paper towel stage. But it would probably be a good thing to run a test every few hours, not just once. If you get any whiff of ammonia, add Prime or Amquel. Bacteria in the rock is what matters most. I trust you mean clams came on the rock?

 

[ussj4brolli]

I'll look into those things. Please check out these images, this is the rock I got in a little lank right now. And a ball of cheato.
https://drive.google.com/folder/d/0B8XuU8_nLOq7X3M0TzNnUXJiaFE/edit

What do you guys think?

 

[ussj4brolli]

Took ammonia test. I don't think I can get any greener.. 8ppm OMG! Doing some water change now

 

[Sk8r]

Ow!

My advice is, rather than buying water, get some RO water from the supermarket and get some reef salt, Oceanic, Reef Crystals, etc, and mix your own (half a cup per gallon, strict measurement. Test the salinity before using and mix until crystal clear---a small pump helps.) Salt water by the gallon is usually pricier than just getting a big bucket of reef salt and making it from RO or ro/di. Dunno your prices. One thing, however, ---if you have unused salt you MUST keep it tightly lidded, to prevent any moisture getting to it---leave the lid off overnight, and you may find it has turned to one solid brick, now useless, because all the buffer in it is shot. A good, tight-lidded bucket of good salt is your cheapest buy, usually.

 

[ussj4brolli]

Took 9 gallons out... at 1ppm now.

Should I take the rock out and kinda take some stuff off? Did you see the pictures?

 

[ussj4brolli]

Yeah clams, plants, and things I haven't a clue what they are but look awesome!