Red Sea nitrate and Ive used the sechem as well. They were showing nitrate before, but not anymore.
Ignore Nitrite unless sky high, and after 6 weeks , it will be low until a load is imposed by feeding, fish, etc. Not unusual for ammonia and nitrite read 0 and Nitrate is less than 20ppm, indicating the cycle is complete and livestock can gradually be introduced. The bacteria population will increase with the new bio-load, processing waste and converting it to nitrate rapidly. However, it is important to note that overloading the aquarium with too many fish initially can exceed what the bacteria can handle. This is why it is best to add new fish slowly over the next few months. The bacterial levels will adapt if you don't overload the system with too many mouths to feed.
Nitr I te. Nitrite has little impact in seawater once tank is cycled unless above 80ppm. In reef systems, even a minor level of nitrate can cause damage as well as death to delicate corals, anemones, and other inverts.
I know - his question though was about Nitr A te. Which is why I asked. His NitrIte was '0'
. Of course you don't want nitrate to be high - he was talking about a cycle. At this point I don't care about nitrate nitrate or ammonia - his tank is cycled. He will need to do any nitrate mitigation just like everyone else.
