Hei!
I’m currently cycling my second tank with a different method then first time (KZ)
I have been following dr.tims instructions as to cycle with their products as i read alot of good things about it.
But as you may know, it never says to measure no3 only no2/nh3/ph and it says you should add fish on day 9 of the cycle.
Funny thing is i measured no3. And its of the charts and as far as i know, its toxic for fish.
I ball park it to around 200ppm measured with nyos test kit and it only goes ro 160ppm. With salifert i interpret it as twice as dark color as the max 100ppm it can provide.
So, my question is, as i dont think my cycle is finished: will nitrates lower to a more acceptable level by it self? Or what is the correct aproach in my case? I do not want the now «established» bacteria to die off and screw up my cycle.
Additional info: I have a skimmer as filtration and 1kg of maxspect bio-spheres from mo other tank.
Please help me understand this cycle. As i originally tought ammonia turned into nitrite, and nitrite turned into nitrate. And nitrated would be handle by waterchanges in the early life of a reef tank.
Cheers.
I’m currently cycling my second tank with a different method then first time (KZ)
I have been following dr.tims instructions as to cycle with their products as i read alot of good things about it.
But as you may know, it never says to measure no3 only no2/nh3/ph and it says you should add fish on day 9 of the cycle.
Funny thing is i measured no3. And its of the charts and as far as i know, its toxic for fish.
I ball park it to around 200ppm measured with nyos test kit and it only goes ro 160ppm. With salifert i interpret it as twice as dark color as the max 100ppm it can provide.
So, my question is, as i dont think my cycle is finished: will nitrates lower to a more acceptable level by it self? Or what is the correct aproach in my case? I do not want the now «established» bacteria to die off and screw up my cycle.
Additional info: I have a skimmer as filtration and 1kg of maxspect bio-spheres from mo other tank.
Please help me understand this cycle. As i originally tought ammonia turned into nitrite, and nitrite turned into nitrate. And nitrated would be handle by waterchanges in the early life of a reef tank.
Cheers.