Wouldn't have helped to wipe the pipes clean with some paper towels, not only at the attachment part but in the tubular part? Also what about washing out in a bucket of Clorox water or soaking them in that before you reattach? (We recently had to take ours apart and I wish we had cleaned them better before reattaching.)
A really easy way to clean out those types of pipes is fill them with water and then use the palms of your hands to seal both ends and shake violently
No Titanic music?!
Did you use plumbers tape?
Wouldn't have helped to wipe the pipes clean with some paper towels, not only at the attachment part but in the tubular part? Also what about washing out in a bucket of Clorox water or soaking them in that before you reattach? (We recently had to take ours apart and I wish we had cleaned them better before reattaching.)