Nitrite increase help

[lazerben]

Hello so after 3 months I have added fish and coral to my tank since cycle was completed. Issue now is that everything is looking great except fact that my nitrite is increasing and now to 0.5ppm-1ppm and I’ve tried adding tims one and only nitrifying bacteria (twice), more biofiltration, and performed one 10% water change. What should I do and why is this happening?

 

[Coralsdaily]

how long ago did you add the fish? Tanks go through a small cycle each time you add more bio-load into it. Unless it is really tipping the balance of something I wouldn't worry too much. just make sure you don't suddenly increase the feeding (a.k.a. waste) into the water to allow bacteria time to break down the NO3

 

[Philly Reefer]

Don't worry about Nitrite. It's not harmful for Saltwater fish.
As long no ammonia, you are fine

 

[Arabyps]

Don't worry about Nitrite. It's not harmful for Saltwater fish.
As long no ammonia, you are fine

NITRITE is very harmful to fish. Nitrate not so much.

 

[schuby]

I believe that the bacteria that converts nitrite to nitrate multiplies/grows slower than the bacteria that converts ammonia to nitrite. The nitrite-to-nitrate bacteria just needs more time to catch up to your new fish load. It may have diminished or reduced from the initial cycle until now if there was no bioload for three months.

 

[Philly Reefer]

NITRITE is very harmful to fish. Nitrate not so much.

Nitrite is harmful for Freshwater fish.. not so much for Saltwater fish

 

[Spydersweb]

Nitrites are harmful. Not as bad as nitrites in freshwater, but still are. It’s 3 months in, so it is still relatively new. What livestock have you added, how quickly, and how big is your aquarium? First things first, do a big water change. 50% or more if you’re able to.

 

[Philly Reefer]

Nitrite and the Reef Aquarium

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-06/rhf/index.php

 

[Spydersweb]

Nitrites are harmful. Not as bad as nitrites in freshwater, but still are. It’s 3 months in, so it is still relatively new. What livestock have you added, how quickly, and how big is your aquarium? First things first, do a big water change. 50% or more if you’re able to.

Plus, I think the bigger thing is that reading nitrites is indicative of a bio filter that is not processing waste as efficiently as it should be.

 

[Arabyps]

Nitrite and the Reef Aquarium

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-06/rhf/index.php

The Dangers of High Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate | RateMyFishTank.com

Water quality is extremely important in maintaining a saltwater tank. If you let the ammonia, nitrite or nitrate levels in your tank get too high, it could have a negative impact on your fish.

www.ratemyfishtank.com

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[brandon429]

nitrites have zero bearing in reefing now, they're neutralized, not used any more.

and, your test is misreading. literally all invented bacterial shortcomings are made to give context to test misreads.

if this is a hanna nitrite $ digital checker, Im all ears

 

[Philly Reefer]

The Dangers of High Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate | RateMyFishTank.com

Water quality is extremely important in maintaining a saltwater tank. If you let the ammonia, nitrite or nitrate levels in your tank get too high, it could have a negative impact on your fish.

www.ratemyfishtank.com

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From the article that you posted:
"Nitrite poisoning is closely related to ammonia poisoning because high levels of one often accompany high levels of the other. Brown blood disease is a nickname given to nitrite poisoning because this condition often results in an increase in met hemoglobin in the blood of aquarium fish which gives it a dark brown coloration."

 

[brandon429]

Nitrite Toxicity

Hey guys I have an aquarium system that has about 45gallons of water cycling so I Let it cycle for about week and I added seeded marine pure ceramic balls and the bacteria in a bottle. I had no choice but to add my 2 clownfish from my quarantine into the tank.. because I needed to put a sick...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[brandon429]

freshwater vs marine, two different impacts on nitrite.

for our tanks, doesnt matter

-his cycle is not impeded
-this is a test misread
-cycles dont stall
-nitrite does not factor to any animal in reefing
-this tank is doing well, post pics and fish distribution + tank details w prove it.
-do not buy bottle bac, these misreads cause us to falsely buy bottle bac for stuck cycles, although no cycles stall in reefing, its a sales loop.

 

[Philly Reefer]

you guys are posting freshwater nitrite info.

I posted Randy's article

 

[Arabyps]

you guys are posting freshwater nitrite info.

-his cycle is not impeded
-this is a test misread
-cycles dont stall
-nitrite does not factor to any animal in reefing
-this tank is doing well, post pics and fish distribution + tank details w prove it.
-do not buy bottle bac, these misreads cause us to falsely buy bottle bac for stuck cycles, although no cycles stall in reefing, its a sales loop.

Article is specifically about saltwater. We can all just disagree. For me low or 0 nitrites means cycled tank and water quality good for fish. Advocating elevated nitrites as ok seems counterintuitive to maintaining high water quality.

 

[brandon429]

thats a misread, though. none are elevated

see any cycling chart, past day 22

us believing any posted reading/issue

we train each other to doubt whats charted to never rise again.

a side effect of this peer training is massive, redundant bottle bac sales. money leaving our pockets, flowing into those who do factor nitrite in reefing including the macna video on factoring nitrite in cycling, that's been neutralized now/updated with new science.

in my summary above with Randy, we left no room for any consequence even when it might be truly elevated. that's just someone wanting to start a reef after ammonia control (8 days on a cycle chart, faster w bottle bac) but not waiting long enough for nitrite (22 days ish) - truly no harm in starting within that window, most fish cycle setups skip the wait altogether and no, the fish aren't burned just because we type out that they're burned but acting normal, feeding, swimming normal, in a clear tank. (true ammonia crash is opposite outcome, death)

the impacts of nitrite mis testing are truly massive in the hobby. powerful sales generator indeed


we are trained to doubt cycles, that adding or taking away fish shocks a system, it doesnt. (see fallow tanks, eighty days no fish, fish instantly go back in. api users panic, .25 ammonia fear, but seneye users see there was no spike at any time)

 

[Philly Reefer]

Article is specifically about saltwater. We can all just disagree. For me low or 0 nitrites means cycled tank and water quality good for fish. Advocating elevated nitrites as ok seems counterintuitive to maintaining high water quality.

Ok. What would you have him do then?
He is asking for suggestions.

 

[brandon429]

reef on


do nothing, it requires no action.

post tank pics though, if things are heading south we will see that in pics, no test readings for any param required (when dealing with cycling params, they're quickly impactful not like calcium or alk)

I keep a separate collection thread going where we track bottle bac purchases from false nitrite reads, its many

 

[Arabyps]

Since you believed the tank to be cycled it may just be an imbalance from a change in the bioload. Just give it some time. Continue to monitor NITRITE levels. If they keep increasing do a water change (30% +/-) and dose Microbacter 7.