so as most of you know..im new here and i love reading the forums..well i would like to keep everyone informed on my new tank and would like to hear some responses on some ?s i may have in the future....i posted some pictures of my tank in the welcome section under local fish stores..its coming along great...im testing the water everyother day to monitor the cycling process and i have a slight ?...im logging everything in a notebook..lol..so i dont forget...ok i set the tank up on the 24th of dec. 2009..and my first test was on the 26th of dec. 2009..and my results are as follows
. ph----------8.2
.ammonia---2.0ppm
.nitrite-------0ppm
.nitrate------5ppm
and i told myself.."ok, thats pretty normal. Its looking good". so no on the 28th of dec. 2009 i took another test to see the progress..and i know that ammonia drops and nitrate rises and so on...so here are the results for today
.ph-----------7.8
.ammonia---0.25ppm
.nitrite-------5.0ppm
.nitrate------20ppm
so now here is where i run into a question..is this a normal increase for 2 days worth of cycling..i know the contrubting factors can never tell how long it will take cause its all different just like to growth of coral..but i just want to know if nitrites r suppose to jump that high in 2 days of that i just might have a good cycle and be able to start putting coral and fish in there sooner than i expected..i will continue to monitor the levels every 2 days and im sorry if i borded anyone...lol..i just like to share my hobby and interest on here with others and make sure that i learn as much as possible..thank you all and i would like to hear anyones opinion on anything..