New marine setup

Nippon2553 · Nov 18, 2023

Hi
My name is Peter
I have a 120ltr Bluemarine tank.No fish in tank yet.Only have saltwater rocks and water in tank.Have been adding RO water to tank and getting reading of 1.025 which i was told is ideal.Done water test today but Nitrite and Nitrate high?.Any ideas on getting these levels down please.

Unheardreefer · Nov 18, 2023

How long ago did you set it up? Did you test for ammonia? If there’s nothing in the tank and you’re still reading nitrite you still need to wait out the cycling process

littlefoxx · Nov 18, 2023

Sounds like a cycle. What ammonia source did you use?

Nippon2553 · Nov 19, 2023

Unheardreefer said:
How long ago did you set it up? Did you test for ammonia? If there’s nothing in the tank and you’re still reading nitrite you still need to wait out the cycling process

Done water change cleaned tank checked ammonia on zero,checked with fragmentmeter and have reading of 1.025 which I believe is spot on.Have replaced some water with RO water.Checked everything today and all seems to sorted its self out.Set tank up 2 weeks ago.Do you think it is safe to introduce fish?.
thanks for help and reply
rgds
Peter.

CasperOe · Nov 19, 2023

Nippon2553 said:
Done water change cleaned tank checked ammonia on zero,checked with fragmentmeter and have reading of 1.025 which I believe is spot on.Have replaced some water with RO water.Checked everything today and all seems to sorted its self out.Set tank up 2 weeks ago.Do you think it is safe to introduce fish?.
thanks for help and reply
rgds
Peter.

It sounds like you could benefit from reading this guide on the the complete cycle of your saltwater tank!