H-D-Fatboy-16
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Yeah I need to buy a nitrites kit. I'd like to switch from salifert to red sea just can find someone who sells red sea
I don't either for a temporary/QT tank. My preference for monitoring nitrites when cycling a new long term tank is so I know that that second stage (trites to trates) is complete and I have enough of both types of bacteria.I have NEVER tested for nitrites.
Now you need time for bacteria to populate and different strains. Best thing to do is get frags and water from trusted pest free tanks.So I dosed fishless fuel on Saturday and I just tested for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and ammonia didn't show any, nitrites was. 02 and nitrate was. 05. I'm using salifert tests. From the numbers I'm seeing is my tank cycled. I dosed fishless fuel again tonight just to make sure and I'll test again at the same time as I dosed.
If you have nitrites, it's not cycled yetSo I dosed fishless fuel on Saturday and I just tested for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and ammonia didn't show any, nitrites was. 02 and nitrate was. 05. I'm using salifert tests. From the numbers I'm seeing is my tank cycled. I dosed fishless fuel again tonight just to make sure and I'll test again at the same time as I dosed.
If you aren't at 0 ammonia, stop adding any "fuel" until you get to 0. Once you test 0, then be sure to follow the directions and wait a certain period after adding more, before you test again. The object is to have enough good bacteria to quickly metabolize ammonia to nitrite and nitrite to nitrate. There WILL be a short period of time (aka right after a fish poops or right when excess food starts to break down) that certain areas of the water column will contain a small amount of ammonia. For a tank that's reached 0 ammonia (and 0 nitrite if you go by my method vs. Steve's) if you add the "fuel", wait the appropriate amount of time, and then test, you'll know if you have enough bacteria to do the job.I don't know whats going on with this tank. Im dosing microbacter 7 twice a day and fritz fishless fuel once a day and im still showing ammonia. I've been doing this 3 days.