nitrate and nitrite

[marienboy]

i have a new 75 gallon it onlty has sand and the fislter is running the nitrate is 0 and the nitrite is 0 is that oka

 

[realfish]

Here is a good link to an article on water chemistry. It's probably a little advanced for someone new to the hobby, but it is very thorough. If it's a little too much to wade through, focus first on pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate, Temperature and Salinity.

If you truly have an interest in the hobby I encourage you to explore the online magazine as there is a tremendous amount of good quality information that is highly vetted and usually based on scientific fact or at a minimum careful observation.

 

[weaglereefer]

What is the ammonia? If it's new and you're showing 0 nitrite and nitrate, then it likely hasn't cycled. I'd be very skeptical of 0 nitrates. 0's are good for established tanks, not new ones, there is no beneficial bacteria in there, and without rock, there's not much place to have bacteria either.

 

[marienboy]

the water is 3 days old and so i need to put live rock in the tank

 

[marienboy]

and the ammonia is 0

 

[weaglereefer]

At this point you have no beneficial bacteria. You need some live or dead rock and you need to cycle the tank.

 

[dakota9]

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