My tank is really stressing me out, which I hate because I can't seem to just enjoy it. Tank is 5 months old.
I'm having a lot of trouble with nitrite and nitrAte. Nitrates were holding steady at 40, a water change to bring them to 20, and not even a week later, back to 40.
So a few weeks ago I did a clean out of the sump and made things a bit more tidy. Hoping to maybe clean whatever was causing my high nitrates. Doing this caused a nitrite spike...
No matter what I do I'm still getting nitrite readings back. I let them 0 put, did a 50% water change to bring them down, they come right back, and ofc I can't test nitrAte because of it.
Because nitrite effects nitrate readings I have no idea what they're even at right now, all I know is they seen to be stuck around 40. Any thoughts or solutions?
KH: 8.9 calcium: 400 magnesium: 1350 Salinity: 1.025
I'm having a lot of trouble with nitrite and nitrAte. Nitrates were holding steady at 40, a water change to bring them to 20, and not even a week later, back to 40.
So a few weeks ago I did a clean out of the sump and made things a bit more tidy. Hoping to maybe clean whatever was causing my high nitrates. Doing this caused a nitrite spike...
No matter what I do I'm still getting nitrite readings back. I let them 0 put, did a 50% water change to bring them down, they come right back, and ofc I can't test nitrAte because of it.
Because nitrite effects nitrate readings I have no idea what they're even at right now, all I know is they seen to be stuck around 40. Any thoughts or solutions?
KH: 8.9 calcium: 400 magnesium: 1350 Salinity: 1.025