Cycle in progress

[Behrens]

Month into fishless cycle and still have .2 nitrite, nitrate is at 30 and ammonia is gone or minimal. Using a tropic marin test kit. Tank was started with live sand but dry rock. Using microbacter7 as instructions read but I feel like this is taking longer than it should. Nitrite has been stuck where it’s at for weeks. Did I miss something?

 

[Jekyl]

Month into fishless cycle and still have .2 nitrite, nitrate is at 30 and ammonia is gone or minimal. Using a tropic marin test kit. Tank was started with live sand but dry rock. Using microbacter7 as instructions read but I feel like this is taking longer than it should. Nitrite has been stuck where it’s at for weeks. Did I miss something?

Nope. Just stop testing for it at all to be honest. Given the time, and the reading of ammonia and nitrate you can consider yourself cycled.

 

[Euphyllia97]

Normal starting with dry rock. The only thing in this hobby coming fast is failure. your cycle has started and you have all types of bacteria. A bit more patience and you will be on your way :)

Also do some research on the effect of nitrite on saltwater fish. It is not the same as freshwater. You could even consider already adding a small and hardy fish. Prob ammonia will stay at 0 and nitrite will eventually reduce to 0 too

 

[Fish Fan]

Month into fishless cycle and still have .2 nitrite, nitrate is at 30 and ammonia is gone or minimal. Using a tropic marin test kit. Tank was started with live sand but dry rock. Using microbacter7 as instructions read but I feel like this is taking longer than it should. Nitrite has been stuck where it’s at for weeks. Did I miss something?

You missed the part where we usually disregard nitrite when cycling saltwater aquaria ;-)

Nitrite is not considered dangerous in saltwater tanks the way it is in freshwater tanks, and even with a good test kit such as yours, you may be getting a false reading.

You started with and dosed the right products. Your ammonia was up, and is now zero, and your nitrates are up.

Congrats, you're cycled :)

But proceed slowly, of course ;-)