Is it true there is no sense in testing nitrate until nitrites go down?

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I’m cycling my tank and my nitrites are still +5 doing a Salifert NO2 test. I read somewhere that there is no sense in performing a nitrate test until your nitrites are at zero because it will give you an erroneous reading. Is this true? Thanks for your help.
 

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I have read that in the chem forum, yes.
 

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