Cycling: High Nitrates?

Discussion in 'Water Chemistry' started by swagger87, Oct 5, 2009.

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  1. swagger87

    swagger87 Zoanthid

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    My 55 has been set up with LR for a little over a month now. I have been checking my params and for the past three days This has been my result:

    Ammonia 0
    Nitrite 0
    Nitrate 20

    I have tested within the same hour each day and the results haven't changed. Why is this?
     
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  2. iLLwiLL

    iLLwiLL Sailfin Tang

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    if you already had an ammonia spike and saw some nitrites then your tank is cycled. do up a 25%ish water change and start stocking (only if you saw ammonia and nitrites of course)

    ~Will.
     
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  3. swagger87

    swagger87 Zoanthid

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    I forgot to mention that I just got another test kit, so I just started to test the water. I have no clue if the levels were higher or lower before. The only test that I hadn't run out of was my Nitrite test (Levels were higher before. Cant remember the exact ppm).

    I'm definitely going to keep testing for a few more days, maybe a week just to make sure.
    But it nothing changes, I'm good to go? (with water change of course)
     
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