Hey Everyone,
I've been reading a lot of threads and have learned so much already. I had a question that I seem to be reading two different recommendations on.
I started my tank 12 days ago (50 gallon tank with 10 gallon-ish sump).. added ammonia and nitrifying bacteria. Ammonia was up, and lowered throughout the past week and is now as close to 0 as I can tell from my test kit (red sea). Nitrite & Nitrate are still up.
My question is - do I do a water change now and add my first fish (was thinking 2 clowns), or wait for nitrites to naturally drop? Unless I'm confused (very possible), it seems like some people are suggesting waiting until nitrite is 0, and others are saying your salt-water tank is cycled when ammonia is 0.
If the process is more subtle than that and I'm missing something, please let me know.
Would love to have people weigh in, thanks!
I've been reading a lot of threads and have learned so much already. I had a question that I seem to be reading two different recommendations on.
I started my tank 12 days ago (50 gallon tank with 10 gallon-ish sump).. added ammonia and nitrifying bacteria. Ammonia was up, and lowered throughout the past week and is now as close to 0 as I can tell from my test kit (red sea). Nitrite & Nitrate are still up.
My question is - do I do a water change now and add my first fish (was thinking 2 clowns), or wait for nitrites to naturally drop? Unless I'm confused (very possible), it seems like some people are suggesting waiting until nitrite is 0, and others are saying your salt-water tank is cycled when ammonia is 0.
If the process is more subtle than that and I'm missing something, please let me know.
Would love to have people weigh in, thanks!