Okay so I've been doing a fish's cycle for about 4 weeks now I have a 55 gallon tank and I use pure ammonia got it all the way up to about 4 and waited for it to drop to zero my n itrites are 5ppm my nitrates are 80ppm. I'm not sure whether I should do a water change if it's cycled or I need to keep adding ammonia I've seen so many different opinions I'm not really sure where to go with it from here. If it is needed to know I wanted to become a goldfish tank and I'm using a Tetra whisper filter for 60 to 100 gallons I have a few rocks in there and I have the temperature at 80 just to help with the bacteria I did not use tetra safestart I have it but I never put it in there I was trying to do it the natural way I guess this is my first tank so any advice you have is very helpful
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