Hello everyone i've recently started my first reef tank, and it's been going for about 2 1/2 weeks.
tank is a 13.5 G all and one, with cured live rock, live sand, seachem Seed as the bacteria booster, and temp at 86 degrees F.
the first week I set everything up and let the tank run. all the levels where right at zero, with no food added yet, as I was told I didn't need too..didn't make sense to me, but i'm a noob right? after talking to someone at my Lfs, I started putting fish flakes in the tank. few days later my ammonia levels hit 0.50 ppm, and then a few more days my Nitrite rose to 0.50 ppm, nitrates at 5.0 ppm, and PH 8.0 ppm. This is the end of week 2 btw. heading into week 3 my ammonia is still right at 0.50 ppm, but my nitrite is back at zero, and nitrate is still around 5.0 ppm... how did the nitrites go up and down, but not the ammonia?
tank is a 13.5 G all and one, with cured live rock, live sand, seachem Seed as the bacteria booster, and temp at 86 degrees F.
the first week I set everything up and let the tank run. all the levels where right at zero, with no food added yet, as I was told I didn't need too..didn't make sense to me, but i'm a noob right? after talking to someone at my Lfs, I started putting fish flakes in the tank. few days later my ammonia levels hit 0.50 ppm, and then a few more days my Nitrite rose to 0.50 ppm, nitrates at 5.0 ppm, and PH 8.0 ppm. This is the end of week 2 btw. heading into week 3 my ammonia is still right at 0.50 ppm, but my nitrite is back at zero, and nitrate is still around 5.0 ppm... how did the nitrites go up and down, but not the ammonia?