Help, I blew everything up!

I've been strugling for about three weeks trying to learn how to develop b&w films. I was getting reasonable results, but yesterday I tried to process two rolls of Tri-X Pan 400 using TMAX developer using the fabricant's recomended times/quantities(1:4 for 6min at 21C). I read in an article sugested in this forum that you should not use acid stop bath. Using water would be more gentle with the film. Well, so I did. I washed for about 30sec to 40sec in water at the same temperature and proceeded with the fixing stage. As a result, my negatives are so dense that they have to be exposed for 1min to produce a print where normally would take 15sec. Is there a way to fix what I did? Is it really better not to use an acid stop bath, if so, how much should I cut in the developing time to compensate?

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