High nitrites!

[nereefpat]

I'm still curious about the nitrite value, and how long the tank has been set up.

 

[Azedenkae]

I'm still curious about the nitrite value, and how long the tank has been set up.

Ahaha me too, but I doubt we're gonna ever get an actual nitrite value.

 

[Max H.]

Ahaha me too, but I doubt we're gonna ever get an actual nitrite value.

The nitrites are about .75 to 1 and my tank has been set up for 2 months. Sorry for taking so long

 

[brandon429]

very nice pic.

you can tell by the water clarity after three days you're all set here. we needed an additional example of nitrite false concerns for our fifteen page example, nice reef above. I can see the rock might not have been skip cycle, those are frags


but you still did something that was a cycle, or your tank would look like the three day example tank bucket :) plus I know you wouldnt build a whole reef uncycled, nobody does that.

 

[brandon429]

Is there any doubts that within three years I will have assembled in this one thread absolute proof we can cease with nitrite testing in the hobby

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/how-to-unstick-any-seemingly-stuck-cycle.742202/
thats only page fifteen.


what we do in that thread is specific: we name your start date off any described arrangement you want to make.


the current rules are: cycles vary, nobody completes two cycles on an exacting timeframe (reef convention fallacy) and nitrite stalls cycles.


so, to measure the claims, that thread above is us naming the exact calendar date any reef tank can begin based on a few clues, then they post the proof. we also want all nitrite + starts there to be logged, because they'll always turn out just fine.

based on that thread, Ill offer as updated truth that:

-no cycle has ever stalled, we've just been told that they do.

-nitrite does not matter any longer in reefing

-all cycles follow microbiological rules that allow an exacting start date, for any arrangement you want, dry live or mixed.

we can be doubted on page fifteen, that could be all just luck. but on page 100, get yer notepads out.

 

[brandon429]

also critical:

take time to message literally any aquarist we worked with in private. ask them if not factoring nitrite messed up their early nitrate performance


they'll say no, because for fifteen pages we especially have not discussed nitrate, that's for mature tank param tuning.


we produce reef tanks that can carry any bioload you want, any day you want it to carry (or start a reef convention) simple as that.

 

[Azedenkae]

The nitrites are about .75 to 1 and my tank has been set up for 2 months. Sorry for taking so long

Oh, in that case that is very low, barely anything to even worry about at all.

 

[nereefpat]

The nitrites are about .75 to 1 and my tank has been set up for 2 months. Sorry for taking so long

Is ammonia zero (or 0.25 or less)? If so, I wouldn't panic.

That tank looks brand new. I wouldn't completely discount your test kits. Just monitor as long as livestock looks okay.

 

[canadianeh]

Your corals and algae look very healthy.

 

[Max H.]

Is ammonia zero (or 0.25 or less)? If so, I wouldn't panic.

That tank looks brand new. I wouldn't completely discount your test kits. Just monitor as long as livestock looks okay.

My ammonia is 0

 

[Max H.]

Your corals and algae look very healthy.

Thank you!