Nitrite and pH levels high in a 100 gallon tank

[tebstan]

Check that test kit. API, right? Notoriously hard to read the pH one. Make sure you are under a bright white light, not your blue tank lights or yellow desk lamp. If you still can't tell, pop the top off the tube, and look down into the tube vertically to assess the color.
Got this tip a long time ago

Europhyllias right... need more rock. Nitrites are normal part of cycling in a new tank.