Ammonia - 0.25/0.5 ppm
Nitrites - 2-5 ppm
Nitrates - 30 ppm
PH - 8.2
Temp - 77.9
Salinity - 1.025
So, I have turbo snails, one hermit crab, and some nassarius snails in my saltwater tank. I ran my 32 gallon tank for a few weeks before adding them in, but I'm not sure if a cycle was completed. There's live rocks and live sand that was initially put in along with 10 gallons of ocean water (not made salt water). I did a 25% water change two days ago and my nitrites went up along with nitrates. Ammonia went up slightly as well. Was it because the sand was disturbed? Is it in the middle of the cycle and converting to nitrates? Should I do another water change or add some solution to reduce the nitrites? Please let me know! Don't want anything to happen to my snails.