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09-06-2008, 03:20 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Reno, NV Age: 26
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    |  Help with NO2
Ok, so I went to test my water this morning and:
Ammonia:0
Nitrates:5
Nitrites:5.0 ... 
What could be causing my massive spike in only nitrites?
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09-06-2008, 05:32 PM
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| | Dragon Wrasse
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Shelton, Washington Age: 44
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Are you missing anything you normally wouldn't notice like cleanup crew? Did you put in any LR recently? Just sounds like you had some death in the tank, whether it be a snail or die off and the mini-cycle just needs to complete. _________ 90g HW: 20g Sump, ETSS PSw/Mag9, CPR OF/Rio 2100 RTN, MJ AC 2K3 PH's (2800GPH ttl flow), 300W htr, Gnd Prb, Denitrator, UV, PCs: 2x65,4x55 Fish: Ylw Tang, LM Blenny, Hmbg, Y-T, Ylw dmsls, Mrn Clown, Coral Beauty, Red Crs Wrsse. Inverts: Snls/HCs, CBS, P-mnt shrmp x2, Sandstar, Condy Anen, Tbe Wrm, Sea Apple. Frags: Frgspwn, Kenya Tree. Corals: Doughnut Coral, GSP, Zoos, Shrooms, Lobo Brain, Turbinaria, Mshrm Lthr, Fngr Lthr. Other: 127# LR, 1-2" LS DOB 5/7/08  | |
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09-06-2008, 05:36 PM
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#3 (permalink)
| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Reno, NV Age: 26
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Originally Posted by pharmrjohn  Are you missing anything you normally wouldn't notice like cleanup crew? Did you put in any LR recently? Just sounds like you had some death in the tank, whether it be a snail or die off and the mini-cycle just needs to complete. | Just the 1 hermit that went missing yesterday (I had a thread about it, I think you posted on it). I did recently add BASE rock, but not LR.
I test everyday, shouldn't I have seen an ammonia spike before this, or not necessarily? | |
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09-06-2008, 05:39 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Jersey
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any time you add rock and stir the substrate that is going to happen it should go down quickly.
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09-06-2008, 05:45 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Reno, NV Age: 26
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Originally Posted by Crabby Jim any time you add rock and stir the substrate that is going to happen it should go down quickly. | Okay, that makes sense. I did give the sand a good stirring during my aquascaping. But this high of a level is still normal? | |
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