soccerstar6
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Is there anything in a fish tank that can prevent nitrites? Because my 10 gallon has readings of ammonia and nitrates, but no nitrites, and its been like that for the past month.
Thanks I will do some research on if there is anyway to get rid of nitrites.
Engel said:So if there are nitrates present in your tap water then the cycling process may take longer? Or do the Nitrates just spike along with the ammonia until the nitrites show up? Nitrates can't prevent nitrites from establishing all together can they? I thought I was understanding this... I HATED chemistry.
If you are doing a fishless cycle then you want nitrites... they will begin to drop and you will see nitrates. The easiest way to remove nitrites and nitrates are to do water changes. This essentially dilutes them to levels that are not toxic to the fish. But again, since you do not have any fish in the tank, you should just let it go. Also, be aware that if you have high levels of nitrates you will not be able to get an accurate nitrite reading.