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Thanks for the reply guys.
Temp 78
ph 8
nitrites .05
nitrates 30-40 (doing water change tomorrow)
ammonia .2ish possibly
Tests were done with red sea test kit
Haven't really ever tested anything else as of yet. Tank is about 8 months old
tank Is about 8 months oldYou should have ZERO nitrites and ZERO ammonia. To me, this suggests that your tank hasn't completely cycled. How old is this tank?
tank Is about 8 months old
Not for coralYou should have ZERO nitrites and ZERO ammonia.
They just do that sometimes. It will eventually find a position it likes.Ok guys, coral was doing a little better and opening up some but not fully but does not seem to be able to stand up straight and his trunk looks wierd. He is not fully bent over resting on rock. Just retested Water and nitrites and ammonia are at zero. Has been about 2 month since it has been completely open. I will attach picture of it full open as well.
??Not for coral
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The present of Nitrites and Ammonia are indicators of an uncycled tank.
Again, I'm not understanding your point. Are you saying that the presence of Nitrites and Ammonia are NOT indicators of an unicycle tank?
@Dom
Not the person you’re responding to but it’s my understanding that coral in general have a much higher tolerance for ammonia than fish or other inverts do. They don’t have blood so ammonia doesn’t destroy oxygen-carrying hemoglobin in them affecting their ability to process oxygen.
It’s part of the logic behind insta-cycling a tank by putting coral in on day one or coral only frag tanks and nano tanks that skip cycling all together. They will go through a cycle eventually but since coral don’t add a heavy bioload, have algae living inside them that helps to process waste, and ammonia doesn’t hurt them like it does other animals, putting some hardy coral in a cycling tank can actually help speed things along.
I wouldn't try this with high end acropora or anything but soft corals like zoas or leathers should have no problem living in the levels of ammonia that OP listed.
Jake Adams has a few good write up on this worth looking into