Nitrites

[mscoral21]

My nitrites are still at 0.5. Why wont they go down? What can I do to help them go down?

 

[tizzo]

Are you in the middle of a cycle or is this an established tank??

 

[sly]

There are a few things that help reduce nitrates. Lots of living rock, macro algae and water changes.

 

[tizzo]

Yeah, but she's asking about nitrites. :notsure:

 

[ivanfj]

It could a middle of a cycle like Tizzo said. Or it could be something wrong with your test kit that it just doesn't show a low enough reading.

 

[mscoral21]

My test kit shows a low enough reading.
My tank has been set up and running for 2 months.
I added cured live rock about 2 weeks ago and i know it should have messed up the readings then but its 2 weeks later and they are still the same.

 

[tizzo]

Was the "cured" live rock from a mail order or was it a 15 minute drive from the LFS?

 

[mscoral21]

5 min drive from the LFS! LOL :joy:

 

[tizzo]

Hmmph... What are your ammonia and nitrate levels?

 

[nas19320]

Did you double check the test kit reading with another test kit?

 

[mscoral21]

nirtate is 10 and ammonia is 0.5
Did double check...3 times

 

[nas19320]

Did you double check with the same test kit? Is it an Aquarium pharm. test kit?

 

[mscoral21]

The kit is called the Marine Lab...maker is Red Sea.
The other test kit I have is by Doc Wellfish?

 

[tizzo]

This is my guess...
I think the LFS lied to you and that rock was either not cured or hasn't fully finished curing. If you have livestock then I'd do a lot of water changes. If not then you can just wait it out.

 

[sly]

Originally posted by Tizzo
Yeah, but she's asking about nitrites. :notsure:
Me goes to cry and sulk in the corner...

 

[tizzo]

Course we didn't search for other possibilities like...
Did you recently add a fish...or 4??
Could anything have died, including a part of your clean up crew? (we really need an acronym for that...CUC, LOL
did you recently change out all of your filter media?
Anything you did differently, recently?

 

[tizzo]

Originally posted by Sly
Me goes to cry and sulk in the corner...

Sly did you ever finish reading your cryostasis thread??

 

[mscoral21]

I only have 1 fish..a blue devil damsel and 2 mexican turbo snail...and ALOT of pods!!! :yes:
Guess Im gonna have to do some more waiting

Oh yea..My tomato clown died but she died 2 weeks ago. Wasnt in the taank very long she died over night..at most 6 hours.
No, Nothing that would make it stay like that for more than 2 weeks!

 

[tizzo]

water changes... That's what you should do, to help out your fishy and inverts there.

 

[mscoral21]

Okay...Now, How much of a water change? And How often?