Nitrates Issue at the end of a cycle

[Garf]

No ammonia rise?

Hey, I started my cycle on December 14 2020. I added fritz 9 as well as tossed in spectrum food every day or two since. I can see the die off on the rocks happening a sit it turning white. My ammonia is still at 0 tested with Salifert My Nitrite is reading a little less than 0.50 Nitrate is at...

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This one?

 

[Tyguy35]

It certainly

you got a link to that thread?

Cycling with old dry live rock?

Hey, so about a year ago I made the mistake of overdosing nopox into my tank and killing everything in my tank. I decided to take a break. Now I would like to get things going once again. I have all my old live rock (dry) sitting in a bin in the basement. Do I need to cure the rock or can I use...

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[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

OK, if you are curing old rock that has lots of dead organism matter on it, then the nitrate could be very high.

 

[SurgeonFish]

Hmm yeah 4 month old rock shouldn’t be too overloaded so hopefully come down soon.

maybe try dosing carbon and bacteria to help your skimmer if you can’t make a dent in it

 

[Garf]

Waterchanges are your friend.

 

[Clownfish_Boy]

I would question the test results, as there should have been a great decrease in the nitrate after all those water changes.

 

[Garf]

I would question the test results, as there should have been a great decrease in the nitrate after all those water changes.

Indeed, but the fresh saltwater mix test @zero would suggest it works, hence the test.

 

[Tyguy35]

Indeed, but the fresh saltwater mix test @zero would suggest it works, hence the test.

I just wanted to give you an update. As of 3 days ago my nitrates began to drop and now they are reading a 10ppm.