nitrite readings after jump starting new bass tank

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wheatgerm said:
OK so its not necessarily a bad thing to have the drip up right now?
The ammonia has been close to 0 the whole time. The nitrites were the highest but now they are getting under control. Does anyone run their drip system to hold the nitrates at 0??? I was thinking if my drip can hold my nitrates around 20ppm I'll be happy then every couple weeks I would just flush the system by sticking a hose in
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My 40g a day drip holds the nitrates at 5-10ppm, with 0 water changes. and I'm totally good with that.
 
He said nitrites not nitrates, im at about 200 gallons a day with my drip, guess I really need to test it again and see how much im doing

bassguy said:
My 40g a day drip holds the nitrates at 5-10ppm, with 0 water changes. and I'm totally good with that.
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DIDYSIS said:
He said nitrites not nitrates, im at about 200 gallons a day with my drip, guess I really need to test it again and see how much im doing





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Actually if you would read it you're 100% wrong. Verbatim in post 20 "Does anyone run their drip system to hold the nitrates at 0???"

I mean this in the nicest possible way :)


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Sorry you were going off a differnt post, my bad for assuming the quote was from the strait above post. I don't always read the quote figuring its right above and just read it. Sorry


bassguy said:
Actually if you would read it you're 100% wrong. Verbatim in post 20 "Does anyone run their drip system to hold the nitrates at 0???"

I mean this in the nicest possible way :)


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DIDYSIS said:
Sorry you were going off a differnt post, my bad for assuming the quote was from the strait above post. Sorry








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No problem, I see the confusion. I'm sure I've done worse.
 
sevank21 said:
Do you have a UV bulb running?
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No UV at all. Does UV have anything to do with nitrites? I thought that was all for algae bloom and parasites.

Bassguy 10-15ppm is good but I was also holding less than 10ppm when I had mine running at 3-4 gph.
But I think dripping so much that your nitrates stay at zero COULD be more worse than good if it ended up just flushing all bio out before it established. In that post, I was just curious if anyone tried keeping their nitrates at zero to prove my theory/ guess right or wrong.

Anywho... how long are we thinking before these nitrites will settle at zero? I got a purrtie ray that needs to see a 10' tank lol
 
wheatgerm said:
No UV at all. Does UV have anything to do with nitrites? I thought that was all for algae bloom and parasites.

Bassguy 10-15ppm is good but I was also holding less than 10ppm when I had mine running at 3-4 gph.
But I think dripping so much that your nitrates stay at zero COULD be more worse than good if it ended up just flushing all bio out before it established. In that post, I was just curious if anyone tried keeping their nitrates at zero to prove my theory/ guess right or wrong.

Anywho... how long are we thinking before these nitrites will settle at zero? I got a purrtie ray that needs to see a 10' tank lol
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The UV kills free floating bacteria, which in a start of a cycle can cause problem. I tried to start a cycle with a UV hooked up and no bueno
 
bassguy said:
The UV kills free floating bacteria, which in a start of a cycle can cause problem. I tried to start a cycle with a UV hooked up and no bueno
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Beat me to it. Yup, I tried that with my pond too. Wasn't happening till I turned off my UV lol
 
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