Ok, so I'm new to saltwater tanks. I am cycling an aquarium. My fish store told me to add cheap fish.(which now I found out that wasn't the best way) I have live rock and 2 guppy. (acclimated to saltwater obviously) my first 2 weeks my ammonia was at about 3ppm with 0 nitrites and about 20 ppm nitrates. week 3 my ammonia went down to about 2 ppm and nitrites went from 0 and started going up more and more everyday. Week 4 my ammonia is at 0 and nitrites are still going up and so are nitrates at about 60ppm. I'm in the middle of week 5 right now. My ammonia is still at 0 and my nitrites are literly off the charts(above 10 ppm) and nitrates at 80ppm. Am I doing something wrong? I feel like something isn't right about my cycle. Is there anything I should do to reduce nitrites? Thanks for reading.
Cycling question
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https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/the-microbiology-of-reef-tank-cycling.214618/
Live rock requires no cycling, it's already loaded with bacteria. The guppy isn't hurting nor helping it's just swimming around so if you like it, can keep it. If you'll check out the first few pages of that thread cycling will be covered in every way regarding how bacteria work in live rock setups, and even best how to identify if it's truly live rock.
The entire thread is about how to cycle without using test kits. When testing is done, it's with ammonia only as we don't care about the other two. If you bought true live rock like the pics in that thread then the rock is ready.
Live rock requires no cycling, it's already loaded with bacteria. The guppy isn't hurting nor helping it's just swimming around so if you like it, can keep it. If you'll check out the first few pages of that thread cycling will be covered in every way regarding how bacteria work in live rock setups, and even best how to identify if it's truly live rock.
The entire thread is about how to cycle without using test kits. When testing is done, it's with ammonia only as we don't care about the other two. If you bought true live rock like the pics in that thread then the rock is ready.
The guppy and live rock aren't the only thing I plan on having. I read the page but didn't see anything about the problem I'm having with nitrites. I plan on having a reef aquarium. I don't want to harm them or anything. Maybe I'm misunderstanding you?
Do some water changes.
Get some dr tims one and only.
You’ll be fine.
Get some dr tims one and only.
You’ll be fine.
