Need help figuring this out

[Tony2tanks]

I just got a tank a 13.5 gal evo tank I went an got live sand , 14pounds of live rock and I was lucky enough to get all my salt water from a coral store that took it straight out of their salt water tank showcase so I wanted to know what people thought about this and how long would I have to wait before I could add fish.

 

[Aquarian]

Did you test the water for ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate?

 

[Tony2tanks]

No just set it up

 

[Tony2tanks]

But my friend has a 500 gal tank with a bunch of corals and fish and that's where I got the water from so shouldn' it be safe

 

[Tony2tanks]

Did you test the water for ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate?

I did a test the results were
GH - 180+
KH - 120
PH - 7.5 to 8.0
No2 - 0
No3 - 80 to 160

 

[Aquarian]

That no3 is very high, you should reduce it through water changes. For fis you want it around 20