Very first tank stats.OMG

[JMorris271]

after going through a cycle Itook the first set of readings.

Amm. 0 as per Salifert .25 per Api
Nitrites 1 ppm
Nitrates Between 20-30 ppm OMG Water change?
Salinity 1.007

After raising Salinity to 1.025 and getting Nitrites to 0 Is this tank good to go?


Thanks.

 

[C.Eymann]

questions - how big? how much live rock? cured rock ? Marco rock?
how did you start the cycle? have you been ghost feeding?
and you will need to wait for the nitrite to lower to 0 preferably before you add fish. Nitrate isn't harmful to fish unless it's extreme.

 

[sde1500]

^^ second this. Let nitrites go away and then do the water change. Right now your nitrates aren't that bad. Let the cycle finish, the water change to lower them and add a clean up crew. Give them a week or so and then add a fish.

 

[JMorris271]

questions - how big? how much live rock? cured rock ? Marco rock?
how did you start the cycle? have you been ghost feeding?
and you will need to wait for the nitrite to lower to 0 preferably before you add fish. Nitrate isn't harmful to fish unless it's extreme.

120 g 40g sump Started cycle with Ammonia, No ghost feeding , 140 lbs of D Rock 20 lb LR
What constitutes 'extreme'?

 

[PatW]

The nitrates are not that bad. Anything less than 50 ppm is ok for fish only. For hard corals, you need to get them down but that is a bit down the road.

 

[C.Eymann]

start ghost feeding, pinch or so of flake a day, maybe do a w/c or two to keep nitrate from accumulating.
keep testing and when your nitrites measure 0pmm you are ready to add the first round of inhabitants.
when you say dry rock do you mean man made rock? Marco rock? dried real ocean rock?
also was the wet/real live rock you have fully cured?

 

[JMorris271]

Some Marco, some Fiji dry live rock, both of which were soaked for 2 yrs in a tub with water changes TB live rock that I did not cure