Nitrite test kit develops brown precipitation??

[Mollyrosecoburn]

Hi all,

My nitrite testkit has recently (past 3 days) been developing a brownish precipitation and fades to a lighter pink after about 15/20 mins when I leave it, anyone experienced this before and/or knows why this is happening?

I’m just a bit concerned that something in my water is reacting to the reagent...

P.S. the tank is still cycling! No fish are in danger!

 

[Flippers4pups]

Which test kit? Is it within expiration date?

 

[brandon429]

hey i wanted you to know that you dont have to test for nitrite at any stage in reefing. its ok to disregard, any tank that supports fish past 48 hours is already cycled by rule, and can't be mid cycle.

if you throw out the nitrite test, you'll never need one again including new rock cycling, there are updated means that disregard nitrite (its the #1 false positive tester we use, tied with api .25 ammonia) and these means beat old cycling rules because they work across tanks, without variation.

 

[Mollyrosecoburn]

hey i wanted you to know that you dont have to test for nitrite at any stage in reefing. its ok to disregard, any tank that supports fish past 48 hours is already cycled by rule, and can't be mid cycle.

if you throw out the nitrite test, you'll never need one again including new rock cycling, there are updated means that disregard nitrite (its the #1 false positive tester we use, tied with api .25 ammonia) and these means beat old cycling rules because they work across tanks, without variation.

Nitrite is toxic isn’t it? I’ve never heard that it’s okay to disregard? I don’t have fish in my aquarium yet, I’ve been waiting for the nitrifying bacteria to colonise and reduce the nitrite.

Could you provide a bit more information please?

 

[Mollyrosecoburn]

Which test kit? Is it within expiration date?

It’s the Colombo Master Test Kit, it’s brand new so it should be okay. The precipitation has only started over the past 3 days or so

 

[Flippers4pups]

UK kit that I'm not familiar with. Sorry I can't help you

Nothing wrong with testing nitrite during cycling.

 

[brandon429]

updated cycling info/sent message.
*in the message I sent, Daniels tank is the nicest dry start nano Ive ever seen. it was once a nitrite positive hesitation zone. now it isn't ~

 

[brandon429]

a clue has been detected

this aquarium has rock attachments, living ones, we're done. cycle is done

post tank pics if possible for futher riffing.

 

[Mollyrosecoburn]

a clue has been detected

this aquarium has rock attachments, living ones, we're done. cycle is done

post tank pics if possible for futher riffing.

Tank photos attached.

Can nitrite presence effect nitrate test results? I did a 60-75% water change earlier and my nitrate is still around 50ppm?! The results come out the exact same colour for both my nitrite and nitrate...

 

[brandon429]

hey that is a perfect system based on pics and known submersion time. we want to leave that nitrate as is, and not try and target it. We want it, to prevent dinos from amassing which are the most predictable and worrisome dry rock start invaders. I know it seems like I dodge discourse by posting links but if you'll permit one more, its specific to your pictures above.

This is the best dry rock handling Ive seen in nano reefing, meet Daniel. Your tank is literally where his was at post #1. see what he does with it? the amount of nitrate and phosphate testing he does?

see the actions thats runs his reef vs the tests, and the corals now into barely month 2

Cycling a new Biocube 32

Hello all! My name is Daniel from Florida and I’m starting to get into the reef hobby. I have been cycling my tank for two weeks now and logging it into an app. I have recently been gifted a live rock with some good amount of coralline on it. I also got some water from and established tank. My...

www.reef2reef.com

its a roadmap exactly what to do with your reef to get it coral loaded.

 

[Mollyrosecoburn]

hey that is a perfect system based on pics and known submersion time. we want to leave that nitrate as is, and not try and target it. We want it, to prevent dinos from amassing which are the most predictable and worrisome dry rock start invaders. I know it seems like I dodge discourse by posting links but if you'll permit one more, its specific to your pictures above.

This is the best dry rock handling Ive seen in nano reefing, meet Daniel. Your tank is literally where his was at post #1. see what he does with it? the amount of nitrate and phosphate testing he does?

see the actions thats runs his reef vs the tests, and the corals now into barely month 2

Cycling a new Biocube 32

Hello all! My name is Daniel from Florida and I’m starting to get into the reef hobby. I have been cycling my tank for two weeks now and logging it into an app. I have recently been gifted a live rock with some good amount of coralline on it. I also got some water from and established tank. My...

www.reef2reef.com

its a roadmap exactly what to do with your reef to get it coral loaded.

I have some chaeto running in my sump under a grow light so hopefully that will start to eat away at the nitrate. The reason I’m a tad worried about it is because my phosphate is undetectable and I’ve seen that they should be balanced. That’s why I asked the question of whether the nitrite would give the nitrate kit a higher reading? I.e. make it seem higher than it actually is. My RODI water has 0 nitrates.

Im going to pick up my 2 clowns that I’ve reserved on Saturday along with some CUC (and a small bottle of bacteria JUST incase the ammonia spikes). I doubt it will as it’s been zero for the past 2.5 weeks and my nitrite has climbed up but I’d rather be safe than sorry!

Do you think my tank is ready for the fish? I’ve had a look at the thread you linked and I’m not sure I really understand the fallowing?

 

[brandon429]

fallowing is done after the cycle is set, for disease control reasons

your cycle is indeed set, so you could fallow if you choose. fallow=


one of the benefits of a closed/completed cycle is that it cannot be starved, and it cannot be undone without a sustained course of antibiotics. Fallow makes use of that biology by not adding fish for a long, long time to your reef but rather building it up with everything but fish. its to starve fish disease out of the system, then you add only quarantined no-disease fish to maintain the cleanliness



and every thing you add like coral, shrimp, snail, has to pass through a separate fallow system in order to maintain the link, it is exactly clinical infection control and all its nuances but applied to aquariums.


the fish disease forum uses fallow and quarantine to fix all its help request threads, those tend to be posted by fallow skippers, or protocol-breakers (spouse adds a snail wo telling other spouse, contaminates in brooklynella, all clownfish die etc)

in Daniels tank, with his agreement to change water and never allow stinky accumulations, thats the best disease-free he can make the system although he skipped fallow. We know a couple clowns can likely be ok statistically speaking; its the other fish that eventually mix in that really test the no-fallow approach, which nearly all posts for help in the disease forum consist of




see how its a big crossroads lol

fallow isn't a phase, its a lifestyle. I noticed he's added a red goby lol

temptations!!!!!!

how he handles fish disease/not my concern, Im just a cycle ump. do with the playing field as you will.