Hi sorry if this question has been asked and I'm just being too impatient or something but needed to ask for advice that I might understand other than contradicting statements on the dreaded Google searches..
I'm on day 7 of a cycle in my rsm 250 had a prawn/shrimp in from day 4 to boost things up a bit so not expecting ammonia from that yet but I already have 0.1 ppm nitrite 10ppm nitrate and 0 ammonia ph is 8.3 salinity is just over 1.025 temp going between 76.8f /79.2f
I'll add that I'm not running skimmer but have been running lights to work out stabilising temp and set up at the start using r/o water r/s live argonite sand and cured live rock .
I have no algae outbreak yet either .
Are the nitrate/nitrite levels normal at this stage or does this seem unusual for early readings ?
I'm on day 7 of a cycle in my rsm 250 had a prawn/shrimp in from day 4 to boost things up a bit so not expecting ammonia from that yet but I already have 0.1 ppm nitrite 10ppm nitrate and 0 ammonia ph is 8.3 salinity is just over 1.025 temp going between 76.8f /79.2f
I'll add that I'm not running skimmer but have been running lights to work out stabilising temp and set up at the start using r/o water r/s live argonite sand and cured live rock .
I have no algae outbreak yet either .
Are the nitrate/nitrite levels normal at this stage or does this seem unusual for early readings ?