Nitrite stuck on 1.0, help?

[Reef_at_Sea]

Yes they look great

Since your rocks match the 100 other examples of skip cycles from that thread in post 7 I added your link to the collection. You built a fine skip cycle reef.

Question

Did anyone at the pet store try and sell you bottle bac along with the rocks, or did they know those were full skip cycle rocks

Not along with the rocks but they sure tried when i called them with questions about this matter!

 

[brandon429]

I don’t fault them for not knowing about nitrite neutrality. It’s a newer reef cycling paradigm to ignore nitrite as we do. But your tank sure is done and ready for use

 

[Reef_at_Sea]

I don’t fault them for not knowing about nitrite neutrality. It’s a newer reef cycling paradigm to ignore nitrite as we do. But your tank sure is done and ready for use

Thank you so much, have you seen my question about what to put in first? Coral and fish or coral first or fish first? Or snails & shrimp first?

 

[brandon429]

Nobody can advise that you have to choose, and integrate it with a disease plan. That’s the only reason order of stocking would matter, lots of reefs have been set up with fish first or last, CUC first or never added at all (I don’t use them at all) but the disease plan controls what order of things you add.

See this link for one example of adding fish very last:

Has anyone done coral/inverts only and no fish at first?

Fish seem to be the main cause of disruption in a display tank, given the current circumstances in the hobby with pests (ich, velvet, parasites, etc.). I have been in this hobby for 18 years, and the amount of pests that are showing up lately is much more (could also be the fact that we have...

www.reef2reef.com

If you want to integrate a disease prevention plan into your stocking you’ll have to study jays disease forum here on the site, but that link above is one way to control order of stocking with a disease plan in mind.

 

[Reef_at_Sea]

Nobody can advise that you have to choose, and integrate it with a disease plan. That’s the only reason order of stocking would matter, lots of reefs have been set up with fish first or last, CUC first or never added at all (I don’t use them at all) but the disease plan controls what order of things you add.

See this link for one example of adding fish very last:

Has anyone done coral/inverts only and no fish at first?

Fish seem to be the main cause of disruption in a display tank, given the current circumstances in the hobby with pests (ich, velvet, parasites, etc.). I have been in this hobby for 18 years, and the amount of pests that are showing up lately is much more (could also be the fact that we have...

www.reef2reef.com

If you want to integrate a disease prevention plan into your stocking you’ll have to study jays disease forum here on the site, but that link above is one way to control order of stocking with a disease plan in mind.

I’m sorry but i’m very confused by this haha, as a beginner this feels very very new.

Exactly what is a disease plan?

 

[brandon429]

You’ll have to self study on it by reading the disease forum out in the forums list. The point is to build the reef in a way that is least likely to get your new fish diseased it’s a really tedious set of choices.

Fish Disease Treatment and Diagnosis

A forum for discussing treatment and diagnosing saltwater reef fish.

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Provate]

Best advice is to simply stop testing for it and ignore it.

Nitrite is harmless, and even established tanks will show some level under some conditions.

Right

 

[Reef_at_Sea]

You’ll have to self study on it by reading the disease forum out in the forums list. The point is to build the reef in a way that is least likely to get your new fish diseased it’s a really tedious set of choices.

Fish Disease Treatment and Diagnosis

A forum for discussing treatment and diagnosing saltwater reef fish.

www.reef2reef.com

Thanks, should i not be worried about removing algea before adding fish or coral? Or can i buy algea eating snails together with coral/fish?

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Should i do a ammonia dose test first to make sure?

No