Hi All,
I've had my nano macro algae tank up and running for a little over a week and am getting some strange results from my tests. I started with CaribSea live sand, a large chunk of cured live rock, some dry live rock from my LFS and Fritz Turbo Start. Since then I've been adding in fish food every day or so to give the bacteria something to eat.
What's confusing me is my ammonia has stayed at between .25ppm-1.00ppm , Nitrites have stayed at 0.0ppm but I just tested and my Nitrate came in at between 10-20ppm. My RO/DI water is testing 0.0ppm Nitrate. I've never had a tank (fresh or salt) register Nitrate without atleast registering some Nitrite first.
Is it possible that the food I am using to introduce ammonia is also introducing Nitrate?
Temp = 76F
Thanks!
I've had my nano macro algae tank up and running for a little over a week and am getting some strange results from my tests. I started with CaribSea live sand, a large chunk of cured live rock, some dry live rock from my LFS and Fritz Turbo Start. Since then I've been adding in fish food every day or so to give the bacteria something to eat.
What's confusing me is my ammonia has stayed at between .25ppm-1.00ppm , Nitrites have stayed at 0.0ppm but I just tested and my Nitrate came in at between 10-20ppm. My RO/DI water is testing 0.0ppm Nitrate. I've never had a tank (fresh or salt) register Nitrate without atleast registering some Nitrite first.
Is it possible that the food I am using to introduce ammonia is also introducing Nitrate?
Date | PH/HRPH | Salinity | Calcium (Ca2+) | kH | Phosphate | Ammonia | Nitrite | Nitrate |
11/23/22 | 8.2 | 1.026 | 500 | 8 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 10 |
Temp = 76F
Thanks!