Will moving reef rocks cause a nitrite spike? My tank cycled quickly using nutriseawater, life rock, API Quickstart, a pinch of flaked food and Coralife Marine Pure. I have chemipure blue and Marine Pure ball in the back. I went through the initial ammonia spike, nitrate. Then everything looked good for a month. Doing 4 gal water changes in a biocube RO and Instant Sea salt. I have had a CUC and two 1" clowns. monitoring everything everyday till a couple days ago I moved a reef rock higher up and now the nitrites are high but everything else looks OK except Alk is a bit low? would a single reef rock change cause a spike? no ammonia, low nitrates.
iron =0
copper =0
nitrate =20 strip
API nitrate = 0
nitrite strip =100
API nitrite =2.0 ppm
hardness =300
API Ca= 440
free chlorine =0.5 ? (RO water)
Alk =80
Carb =120
API KH= 143
pH=(between 7.8-8.4 on strip)
PO4 = 0
I just did a 4 gallon water change and when it runs a bit I will check it again. Should I be concerned with the nitrite or only if the ammonia spikes?
iron =0
copper =0
nitrate =20 strip
API nitrate = 0
nitrite strip =100
API nitrite =2.0 ppm
hardness =300
API Ca= 440
free chlorine =0.5 ? (RO water)
Alk =80
Carb =120
API KH= 143
pH=(between 7.8-8.4 on strip)
PO4 = 0
I just did a 4 gallon water change and when it runs a bit I will check it again. Should I be concerned with the nitrite or only if the ammonia spikes?