Perfect timing. We set up a 40 gallon 10 days ago. Added Fritz Turbo start and ammonia. Ammonia was at 0 two days later but nitrites high and not dropping much a week later. Do we just wait some more or is there something to speed it up? Love your videos by the way.
Started my 55g Aug 19th. nitrates. Used friz 900 & Ammonium Chloride. Have 0 ammonia, like 50ppm nitrites but 5ppm. I need tips brotha P.S. I kept adding live sand in the first week
The presence of nitrites will falsely skew the nitrate test. If you truly have 50ppm nitrites your cycle has stalled. You'll have to perform a massive water change to get the nitrites below 5ppm, Id prefer to see them around 2ppm. 90% water change should do about that. The percentage is direct. 50ppm nitrites with a 50% water change becomes 25ppm nitrites. So you see why you need to do more than that. After you have done a significant water change let the tank run 6 hours, then test the nitrites. If its below 5ppm, add more beneficial bacteria, and wait it out. If its not below 5ppm, youll have to perform another water change to get it below, then continue.
@@reefrookies your advices worked brotha, you get a follow out of me for sure!! My Nitrites are about 0.05 to 0.1 and nitrates are about a 2 maybe 3. What would be your suggestions now?
My Ammonia gets converted within 48h, but my Nitrite still stays high, even after 2 weeks of using Fritz fishless fuel and Fritz turbo start 700. I tested my tap water and noticed 2ppm levels in my tap water. How do I deal with that before adding it to the tank?
My nitrates are 25 my phosphate is 0.03, when i lower my nitrates my phosphate also drops. If you dont watchout corals may bleach. I dose phosphate and use vinegar to lower it my nitrates have bin 50 for 2 years now i have corals growing for a year and some sps. I lower nitrates 5 per month. I do 10 procent waterchange a month
Perfect timing. We set up a 40 gallon 10 days ago. Added Fritz Turbo start and ammonia. Ammonia was at 0 two days later but nitrites high and not dropping much a week later. Do we just wait some more or is there something to speed it up? Love your videos by the way.
If the nitrites are over 5ppm, do a 50% water change to bring them down, then add more Fritz! Thanks for watching!
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Excellent Video, good explanation on stalled cycles, info I haven't seen on other videos yet.
Thank you!!
Nice video and congratulations for one thousand subscribers, you deserve it buddy
Soon you will have 10k subscribers
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Hi need some advise my ammonia is around 0 to 0.15 and nitrate is 0.2 to 0.5 is the cycling started for my new tank
Awesome video. You always do such a great job explaining things and explaining how to fix the problem.
Thanks! and thanks for watching!
Great video. Thanks for all the information in all your videos they have helped me a lot.
Glad to hear it!
Started my 55g Aug 19th. nitrates. Used friz 900 & Ammonium Chloride. Have 0 ammonia, like 50ppm nitrites but 5ppm. I need tips brotha
P.S. I kept adding live sand in the first week
The presence of nitrites will falsely skew the nitrate test. If you truly have 50ppm nitrites your cycle has stalled. You'll have to perform a massive water change to get the nitrites below 5ppm, Id prefer to see them around 2ppm. 90% water change should do about that. The percentage is direct. 50ppm nitrites with a 50% water change becomes 25ppm nitrites. So you see why you need to do more than that.
After you have done a significant water change let the tank run 6 hours, then test the nitrites. If its below 5ppm, add more beneficial bacteria, and wait it out. If its not below 5ppm, youll have to perform another water change to get it below, then continue.
@@reefrookies thanks man!!
@@josephkinzey3414 Youre welcome. :)
@@reefrookies your advices worked brotha, you get a follow out of me for sure!! My Nitrites are about 0.05 to 0.1 and nitrates are about a 2 maybe 3.
What would be your suggestions now?
Great channel! Keep up the great content!
Thank you! Will do!
Great content very knowledgeable information
Glad it was helpful!
My Ammonia gets converted within 48h, but my Nitrite still stays high, even after 2 weeks of using Fritz fishless fuel and Fritz turbo start 700. I tested my tap water and noticed 2ppm levels in my tap water. How do I deal with that before adding it to the tank?
The easiest way will be to install an RODI filter in your home. I recomment this one. Itll strip everything from the water.
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My nitrates are 25 my phosphate is 0.03, when i lower my nitrates my phosphate also drops. If you dont watchout corals may bleach. I dose phosphate and use vinegar to lower it my nitrates have bin 50 for 2 years now i have corals growing for a year and some sps. I lower nitrates 5 per month. I do 10 procent waterchange a month
Great info. Crazy how our tanks all run so differently!