The nitrite is 0 and my well water is 0. When I was cycling the tank, the nitrite was above 0 so I know the test kit isn’t faulty.
nitrate. not nitrite, different measurements
If you meant nitrate is 0ppm, then your tank isn't fully cycled. A fully cycled tank will have nitrate.
Oh sorry I thought I saw nitrite. My nitrate is 30 ppm. When I was cycling the tank it was 5ppm. But I never measured the well water.
Considering it's at 30ppm, I would say that you do have some sort of cycle going. I would do enough water changes to keep it below 20ppm.
Measure your well water for Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate and pH just to get a baseline now and every couple months to see if it varies according to the season or rainfall in your area.
Also I have a RO system on one of my sinks. Would it benefit my fish to use that water? And I will thanks.
Only if you know how to properly measure TDS, GH/KH, so that you can get it to the right level for the fish.
