I’m not sure why but whenever I check my water levels the nitrites are high. Do I just need a water change? And what is the cause of high nitrites
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Excessive feeding, over population, lack of nutrient export, lack of water changes can all lead to high nitrateI’m not sure why but whenever I check my water levels the nitrites are high. Do I just need a water change? And what is the cause of high nitrites
Do you mean nitrates or nitrite?I’m not sure why but whenever I check my water levels the nitrites are high. Do I just need a water change? And what is the cause of high nitrites
NitriteDo you mean nitrates or nitrite?
The test kit is bad or your tank is missing the nitrite eating bacteria.Nitrite
Oops, misread nitrite as nitrateExcessive feeding, over population, lack of nutrient export, lack of water changes can all lead to high nitrate
Can you put bacteria in the tank if you already have fish in it?The test kit is bad or your tank is missing the nitrite eating bacteria.
New tanks need to establish the bacteria as part of the cycle.
post a full pic of your tank
from that pic we can discern 100% of your cycle status, Ill bet. not from the levels you post, from the full tank pic.
because you have living fish, feeding well acting normal, you specifically would not add bacteria as your cycle isn't bad or they'd be dead. there are no half cycles
there is only cycled, can keep fish
or not cycled, and the whole tank dies in three days, there's no midground or half cycle or stalled cycle.
pics are about to show a completed cycle by the way
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we have a thread running fifteen pages now on nitrite positive reefs and not one time did that ever indicate a stalled cycle in our huge work threads, the reefs went onward just fine.
Nitrite would need to be well off the charts to harm your fish. I would just monitor and enjoy your tank. They will drop, eventually, unless your test kit is kaput. Looks like you’ve got plenty of surface area.Can you put bacteria in the tank if you already have fish in it?
Ok thanks for helping me.Nitrite would need to be well off the charts to harm your fish. I would just monitor and enjoy your tank. They will drop, eventually, unless your test kit is kaput. Looks like you’ve got plenty of surface area.
Yes.Can you put bacteria in the tank if you already have fish in it?
nice setup i can see the fish swimming just fine mid level vs hovering near death at the top.
plus as MN mentioned recently that's very low bioload anyway, nothing is wrong with that tank.
curious about your rocks, they have an interesting detail we can't see in the blue reef light
can you take a full white light pic and post so we can see that rock detail in color/final shore up here.