Investigate the question this way:
how do marine conventions get 400 reefs to cycled without variance on the start date?
what if you had a convention to make that starts today, but you must wait longer
how long, what if it takes 65 days for api to show zero nitrites?
reef convention cycles are the same as 30 day ones, they’re not weaker...it’s why theyll trust a convention reef to handle a hundred thousand dollars in frags. They don’t show up early to cycle; they skip the cycle
How
A business owner would indeed not put one hundred thousand dollars in frags into a weak cycle tank, they only use a strong cycle for that level of investment.
what ways do conventions use to discern a start date, and if you use those same means, is your tank likely to die?
while asking about nitrite, have respondents also blend in the convention start date comparison. convention cycles will be deemed weaker and risky
thats why I mentioned a hundred grand in frags. Reference, these tanks for $500-$1000 frags. Would every person here truly be just flagrantly risking their setups just to make a start date
ammonia burns animals, nitrite doesn't matter ever, and nitrate is for algae tuning. I know reefs that run 160ppm nitrate.
the proof that only ammonia matters is every convention start date for the last thirty years, probably twenty thousand reefs, no variance on cycle completion date
all they do is control ammonia they leave the minutiae up to the forums/sales targets.
