In the beginning of my issues i was struggling with high alk and high phosphates. Its been around a week and i have been doing daily 5-10% water changes to lower these with rodi water. I know nothing good in this hobby happens fast so ive been expecting this to take a few weeks to resolve but alot of issues have changed. In the photo I was testing my RODI water just incase and it it tested around the .5ppm (photo doesnt do it justice). My fresh mixed salt water was testing at .5ppm of phosphate and 10kh
In the weeks time my paramaters went from this:
salinity -1.026
ph-8.2
ammonia- 0.10ppm
Nitrite-0.1ppm
nitrate-21ppm
kh-16
cal-415
mag-1457
phos-1.3ppm
To this:
Salinity-1.026
ph-8.1
ammonia-0
nitrite-1ppm
nitrate-19ppm
kh-12.27
cal-419
mag-1412
phos-.80
Both were tested with my local fish stores aqua spin to get a more accurate test then my crumby API test kit
The nitrite though is the issue. The tanks been up for around 11 months now and has been cycled. Could it be that the water i am removing is temperaraily slowing down my benneficial bacteria and it doesnt have time to regrow? Thank you for taking the time to read this I really appreciate it. Everyone has been so kind and helpful and I really appreciate that thank you all very much.
In the weeks time my paramaters went from this:
salinity -1.026
ph-8.2
ammonia- 0.10ppm
Nitrite-0.1ppm
nitrate-21ppm
kh-16
cal-415
mag-1457
phos-1.3ppm
To this:
Salinity-1.026
ph-8.1
ammonia-0
nitrite-1ppm
nitrate-19ppm
kh-12.27
cal-419
mag-1412
phos-.80
Both were tested with my local fish stores aqua spin to get a more accurate test then my crumby API test kit
The nitrite though is the issue. The tanks been up for around 11 months now and has been cycled. Could it be that the water i am removing is temperaraily slowing down my benneficial bacteria and it doesnt have time to regrow? Thank you for taking the time to read this I really appreciate it. Everyone has been so kind and helpful and I really appreciate that thank you all very much.