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This is the first time I've ever used a product to aid in cycling a tank and I'm confused by where I'm at today. I used Red Sea Reef Mature Pro and things seemed on track at first but now I'm way off the targets. I'm at 5 weeks now and have .2 Ammonia, 1+ Nitrite, and 50+ Nitrate. I've been stalled at these numbers for about a week.
This is the first bare bottom tank I've had so I've tried to provide additional surface area with a box of Marine Pure balls in the sump which should be more than enough for the 70gal volume. There is no livestock in the tank and I have been running my skimmer
I feel like I should do a large water change to bring the nitrate and nitrite down but figured I'd ask for advice first to see if there was another suggested path before I started in that direction.
This is the first bare bottom tank I've had so I've tried to provide additional surface area with a box of Marine Pure balls in the sump which should be more than enough for the 70gal volume. There is no livestock in the tank and I have been running my skimmer
I feel like I should do a large water change to bring the nitrate and nitrite down but figured I'd ask for advice first to see if there was another suggested path before I started in that direction.