Water params question

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Okay so I've been letting my tank cycle for a while and the guy at my LFS gave me a product last night called Seed, it's in a white bottle and its supposed to speed up my cycling process. Does anyone use this and can vouch for it? Here are my water params after 1 day of using it. Are they okay?

pH: 8.2

Ammonia: 0.25 ppm

Nitrite: 0 ppm

Nitrate: somewhere between 5.0-10 ppm

I'm using the API master test kit
 
I think you are referring to the AquaVitro product. I've never used it personally, but it sounds a lot like Prodibio BIO DIGEST which I have used only much faster. I can't vouch for Seed, I have used the AquaVitro product "Balance" and it did exactly what it said on the bottle. From that experience, I'd say there is a decent chance the product line is solid.
As far as your parameters go, they seem a little odd for 1 day after use. What was your ammonia level before you dosed the product? Still having an ammonia reading and a nitrate reading that high but with no nitrite reading is not something I've seen before, that's what I think is odd.
The normal nitrogen cycle is ammonia rises then starts to fall as nitrite rises, as the nitrite falls the nitrate starts to rise, by then ammonia is usually at/near 0 but nitrite stays around a while longer. Being that it has only been 1 day my SWAG is that the water you used to make up your tank water had the nitrate in it already (did you use RODI or distilled or just tap water?). Whatever you are using to bring the ammonia up is only just now starting to give you a reading (fish food, shrimp, whatever... hopefully you are not live cycling).
With a little more info on what you were doing to cycle the tank from the beginning would help eliminate the guesswork.
 
I am using live rock to cycle. I got premixed saltwater from my LFS and the owner said "come back in a week with a water sample from your tank and we'll tell you if it's ready and set you up with a clean up crew." So I went in with a water sample looking to get a CUC and he said "your ammonia is high and my API test kit is coming back Christmas colors. Not good. Something must've died off from the live rock we sold you." And then referred me to the Seed bottle.
 
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how does this look?
 
I can't tell the nitrate, but the ammonia and nitrite look like what you wrote.
I would say test every few days and when you get 0 ammonia from the test and 0 nitrite you should be good. If you want to be sure, dose ammonia to between 2 and 4 ppm and it should be back to 0 within 24 hours. As long as you use pure unscented ammonia.
 
Api test kits are not good they give u wrong reading I started with them and changed to salifart test kits after being advised to and I am never looking at another product
 
Api test kits are not good they give u wrong reading I started with them and changed to salifart test kits after being advised to and I am never looking at another product
If used correctly I don't think API tests give incorrect results. The resolution isn't very good and it's difficult to read some of them like the case here for Nitrate... Is it 5ppm or 10ppm? You know it's one of them, but hard to tell which because the color shade is so similar.
 
Can anyone tell me if the AquaVitro seed product is safe with corals? It says nothing about it on the bottle and am struggling to find answers online
 
Hello,
I have used the Seed product with my reef and had no issues. I believe it is supposed to boost the beneficial bacteria in your tank to help your cycle.
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