Does aquarium salt reduce nitrites?
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No. It will help alleviate the bad effects of nitrite, but the nitrite will still be there. Better, though, to do water changes.
salt will have no effect on the concentration of nitrite in your water. It temporarily reduces the effect of nitrite toxicity used about at 0.1-0.3 % -- the chloride ion counteracting the nitrogen blockage of oxygen uptake.
salt effect
The salt is bad for the bacteria that eats up the nitrite and makes the conversion to nitrate. Your conversion will slow, more nitrites fewer nitrates.
The salt is bad for the bacteria that eats up the nitrite and makes the conversion to nitrate. Your conversion will slow, more nitrites fewer nitrates.
Salt, sodium chloride, NaCl, at the levels used to block nitite toxicity (less than 1 teaspoon per measured gallon water volume) has no, repeat no detrimental effect of nitrification bacteria.
Water changes will during the cycle. When the tank finishes cycling, the bacteria should keep the nitrites at 0.