Hi! I recently on Saturday, converted my freshwater tank (around 14G) into homemade saltwater using tapwater and sea salt, and put 8kg of live rock into it. However, i did not fully cycle my tank, as I only started the skimmer and the filter pump and on Sunday went to purchase a soft coral, a triggerfish and an emperor.
On monday, the emperor died, but the coral and trigger fish seemed to be doing well.
On Tuesday, I went to the LFS Aquamarin and bought 6 damsels, 1 naso tang, 1 brown gobi and 2 small saltwater crabs along with 2 polyp corals and a grass coral.
Today, I read up about the nitrogen cycle and realised I did not cycle my tank before putting livestock in! Cycling with live rock should take a few weeks right? So what do I do? 1 damsel and the gobi has already died , although the corals seem to be doing very well .
Salinity is at 31-30, specific gravity 10.23, pH is at 8.5
However my nitrite level is at 3ppm or such as seen from my nitrite testing kit.
What should I do next? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated, as I am very nervous and worried about the lives of my fish.
Thank you so much for reading!