Extremely high nitrites

[Brandon42]

I'm about a week into cycling my tank, I'm doing a no fish cycle but naturally no added ammonia. My ammonia levels have finally started to drop at 0.8 ppm now but my nitrites are far higher than my kit will even test for.
Iv read a couple places that people have to dose there tanks with ammonia to keep certain bacteria alive for the rest of the cycle, or others get a fish as soon as ammonia hits zero but still have high nitrites and then some just say it's part of the process. Any insite on this would be helpful.

 

[dakoop]

Give it time. Ammonia will spike then nitrite will spike to correct ammonia then nitrates. See how it looks in a few more days.

 

[brandon429]

Also Brandon, its important to know that nitrite measurement isn't required at all, and you can get a reading from perfectly aged tanks and it means literally nothing about the bac. nitrite testing is not required, see nitrite in the aquarium by Randy Holmes Farley. in my cycling threads, we are enjoying not having to concern over it. only your ammonia factor needs to be known to fully cycle any aquarium, not even the nitrate portion is required to be known, it follows the oxidation of ammonia by requirement even if we aren't testing for nitrate. your entire cycle depends solely on when can the tank reduce 2-3 ppm ammonia to zero a couple times, within 24 hours. that's the whole measure required and the only one. among myriad reasons for not testing for nitrite, the doser 'prime' makes it read high when there is none. many more reasons past that too.

 

[Brandon42]

Also Brandon, its important to know that nitrite measurement isn't required at all, and you can get a reading from perfectly aged tanks and it means literally nothing about the bac. nitrite testing is not required, see nitrite in the aquarium by Randy Holmes Farley. in my cycling threads, we are enjoying not having to concern over it. only your ammonia factor needs to be known to fully cycle any aquarium, not even the nitrate portion is required to be known, it follows the oxidation of ammonia by requirement even if we aren't testing for nitrate. your entire cycle depends solely on when can the tank reduce 2-3 ppm ammonia to zero a couple times, within 24 hours. that's the whole measure required and the only one. among myriad reasons for not testing for nitrite, the doser 'prime' makes it read high when there is none. many more reasons past that too.

So once my ammonia is at zero and stays my cycle is complete? I don't need to wait for the level of nitrites to drop at all?

 

[Brandon42]

Also Brandon, its important to know that nitrite measurement isn't required at all, and you can get a reading from perfectly aged tanks and it means literally nothing about the bac. nitrite testing is not required, see nitrite in the aquarium by Randy Holmes Farley. in my cycling threads, we are enjoying not having to concern over it. only your ammonia factor needs to be known to fully cycle any aquarium, not even the nitrate portion is required to be known, it follows the oxidation of ammonia by requirement even if we aren't testing for nitrate. your entire cycle depends solely on when can the tank reduce 2-3 ppm ammonia to zero a couple times, within 24 hours. that's the whole measure required and the only one. among myriad reasons for not testing for nitrite, the doser 'prime' makes it read high when there is none. many more reasons past that too.

Also cool screen name lol

 

[WVReefJunkie]

What he is saying after your ammonia goes to zero. Add more ammonia and see if it drops to zero in a twenty four hour period.

 

[brandon429]

http://reef2reef.com/threads/new-ta...d-cocktail-shrimp-live-rock-no-shrimp.214618/

at work had to run brb but that's it above