I am cycling a 240 gallon tank, I'm at about 400 gallons including the sump and connected frag tank. I dosed Fritz fishless fuel in the beginning to get the ammonia PPM up to about 2.0. That was a month ago. The ammonia reading was steadily dropping for a while, but for the last week it's been bouncing between .11 and .14. Do I really need to wait for it to get to zero, before it's safe to add fish? I'm not sure how much I should trust the Hanna checker at that low a reading. Is it accurate? Seems odd that it goes up, on some days... I looked into getting the Hanna LR checker, but that seems to only be available for fresh water.
I'm also monitoring nitrites, that was at 0.049 according to my Hanna Nitrite LR checker, about a week ago (when I first got a 0.11 ammonia reading).
I'm also monitoring nitrites, that was at 0.049 according to my Hanna Nitrite LR checker, about a week ago (when I first got a 0.11 ammonia reading).