what should i do!

[Big_Pun]

ok ill watch the tub, right now its like a bare bottom reef , nothing is showing signs of stress, my house stays cold but i have a heater in it any way, so its been at 78 all day, i dont have a skimmer didnt plan on this, ill just keep makin water and do a change tomorrow, i have no idea how long till i can move stuff out of the tub

[snfkotara]

Everytime I move or start a new tank that has old sand I dump a bottle of bio spira or Jason (aquarium design) has something like it he gave me to get it going fast and I have never had a spike since using those. On the 3 & 4 day is when i would do a water change those are the days that a tank uasual spike. As for your fish they should be ok mine were in a smaller container for 2 week waiting for a tank to go in to get here. I had 7 fish I gave them live rock and a korilla. I even put a light on it for them. I have a skimmer you can borrow until you find one you want I wont be using it anytime soon so let me know if you want to use it.

[Big_Pun]

everyone thanks for your help, last night i ran alot of flow to stir up the dead stuff and net the big stuff out, this morn I changed out the dirty poly and put more in, the water is really clearing up, I'm gettin a filter sock later to run carbon

[ErikH]

Just check the levels repeatedly. As long as you got alot of detritus out, and your levels are a-ok I would say you're good. Just keep an eye out and have plenty of water available.

[Big_Pun]

if my levels stay ok , how many days should I wait till it's safe to move stuff in, how many consecutive days of good parms test should I wait

[Mr Cob]

carbon can raise your PH quickly if too much is added depending on the type used, so make sure you are not over zealous with it.

Here's a really good read about carbon:
http://joejaworski.wordpress.com/200...k-need-carbon/

[Aqua-Dome]

Don't know how to do that little Quote box, but ScorpiNo posted "Keep your PH up as Ammonia is more toxic at a lower PH". BACKWARDS. pH is the driving force pushing the ammonia/ammonium equilibrium back and forth. Higher the pH, any ammonia present will be shifted toward the toxic free ammonia as a precentage of total ammonia. This is the main reason marine aquariums take longer to populate and why they used to take longer to establish and cycle.

[ErikH]

If your levels are ok now, slowly start to move rock and livestock. If they look fine the next day, move your corals. Slowly reacclimate everything to your lighting over the period of a week and you should be ok. Just keep making water!