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no not at all and thanks for the help as we are learning ill wait another week or so and see where its at crossing fingers and ill keep you posted

thats pretty much what was going on but so many people telling you different things i know this didnt seem right but that what the readings are so its still a waiting game then.. i was also told the only way to remove nitrates was to do wc and thats wat i thought but i only topped off the tank...

yes i started tank with tap water but and now using distilled water for water changes and also to top off when tank is low.I started off doing weekly wc but guy a lfs said not to do them bc itll only slow down the cycle so i stopped and everything was going great level wise until this happened i...

well its not impossible i tested it twice with two different test kits

so then what do I do from here like i said im kinda new to this

I understand that but i did have nitrate at once it spiked to 160 then went down to 80 then gradually down until 0 but i still have nitrite thats why im puzzled.

I am puzzled i have no ammonia or nitrates but have high nitrites. Im kinda new to this but my salt level is 1.024 and amm 0 no2 5 and no3 0. How is this possible nitrites break down into nitrates correct? If so how is this possible? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

I mean could it be that i didnt let the complete cycle take place? Like i was told do not do anything water changes or add prime or anything until the cycle finishes and the fact that i did slowed the cycle process down i mean could that be?

Ill try that out and see i also tested my tapwater and amm was .25 but the tank itself the nitrite and nitrate has not really gone up at all for the three months

It has been running for 3 months. As for the live rock it was in my buddys old tank and was out of his tank for awhile. Im new to this so dont know a whole lot. But i was told to do water changes then again i was told absolutely dont do a thing while the tank is cyclying. as for the water...

I am having problems with high ammonia in my tank. It is a 75g with mairneland 400 filter and has a 4 in sand bottom and about 75 pounds of live rock and only have 2 mollys in it and have done numerous water changes and still ammonia wont go down. my ph is 8.2 amm is 2 and nitrite is .25 and...