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My 33G tank has been cycling for 25 days now using the Red Sea reef mature starter kit but with dry rock and sand (it’s impossible to get live rock where I live)
I would love if someone could tell me if it’s still ok!
Nitrite is getting lower really slowly but that is probably expected? I’m using the JBL pro aqua test kit to test parameters but a lot of the time I struggle to match the colours exactly.
I was following the guide that came with the starter kit but didn’t do any water changes or add CUC/fish. Since it finished I’ve just been dosing the NOPOX daily (3ml/100L) but I’m not sure is this right there’s so much conflicting info.
My results are below:
All stable:
Salinity 1.025
PH 8.2
Edit: Sorry had to put results into an image instead

I would love if someone could tell me if it’s still ok!
Nitrite is getting lower really slowly but that is probably expected? I’m using the JBL pro aqua test kit to test parameters but a lot of the time I struggle to match the colours exactly.
I was following the guide that came with the starter kit but didn’t do any water changes or add CUC/fish. Since it finished I’ve just been dosing the NOPOX daily (3ml/100L) but I’m not sure is this right there’s so much conflicting info.
My results are below:
All stable:
Salinity 1.025
PH 8.2
Edit: Sorry had to put results into an image instead

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