DISASTER!!!! Added live rock to an already established tank!!!!!!!

[flyguypay]

OMG I'm never listening to the lady from the lfs again!!!!! ok heres what happened i have an established 55g with 2 clowns 2 damsels (wich i used to cycle and i know i know sorry thats what i get for listening to the lfs lady) a banded coral shrimp and a baby snowflake eel hes only 4 inches well i order 20lbs of figi from here and it arrives they did an excellent job of packing it and i got in in 2 days didnt stink or anything i scrubbed it down and placed it directly into my display tank now here the fun part it turned my water real cloudy and brown so i cranked up my emperor to full blast and got most of the debris out of the water then started noticing some grey mold growing on the rocks so i got on the forum and asked around someone finally helped and told me to remove the rock asap so when i got home from work last night i pulled the rock out scrubbed it down again (it was gross there was so much die off it turned the water a murky brown and there was chunks of stuff in the bottom when i dumped the bucket) set up a 10 gallon to cure it in and placed it in there now funny thing is when i wake up in the morning to turn my lights on i notice my baby snowflake swimming around in the 10 gallon so i bait him out wich was fun hes only 4 inches and can wind his way thru anything but i have him trained good on eating so i pulled a piece of shrimp out and he came up to get it so i scooped him up in a plastic bag i put him back into my display tank my question is did i do everything right? i did a 6 gallon water change on my display tank now here is another thing i notice lots of im guessin die off layin on my sand is it gonna be harmful? and how do i remove it? plannin on gettin a clean up crew in the near future should i go ahead and get it now?
WISH I WOULD OF FOUND THIS FORUM SOONER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[boalgf]

You need to take tests and find out your ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels. That will let you know how damaging the live rock die off was. I wouldn't bother putting in a clean up crew until you know the water levels are safe. If you do gte an ammonia spike, try using Amquel+.

 

[teen]

yea, would watch the levels for a few days, if theres no ammonia or nitrites/ nitrates present, then i would go ahead and get a small clean up crew. if this debris at the bottom of the tank is big enough, try scooping it out with a net.