Hey all,
I have been testing my water, and am I doing something wrong?
My Ph is between 8.0 and 8.2
Ammonia is at 0
Nitrites are around 2.0
Nitrates are up around 160
Salinity is up around 1.023
I have about 4 lbs of "live" rock, 15 lbs of "live sand" in my 125 gallon tank, and about 150lbs of base rock.
I threw 3 uncooked shrimp in there, and let the water cycle for almost two weeks, tested the water last night, saw how high nitrite/nitrates are, so pulled the shrimp remnants out, and did a 25% water change; let it cycle til this morning, and it doesn't seem the nitrites/nitrates went down at all.
What should I do? Keep waiting?
I have been testing my water, and am I doing something wrong?
My Ph is between 8.0 and 8.2
Ammonia is at 0
Nitrites are around 2.0
Nitrates are up around 160
Salinity is up around 1.023
I have about 4 lbs of "live" rock, 15 lbs of "live sand" in my 125 gallon tank, and about 150lbs of base rock.
I threw 3 uncooked shrimp in there, and let the water cycle for almost two weeks, tested the water last night, saw how high nitrite/nitrates are, so pulled the shrimp remnants out, and did a 25% water change; let it cycle til this morning, and it doesn't seem the nitrites/nitrates went down at all.
What should I do? Keep waiting?