jessipanda
Aquarium Advice Freak
It's getting there. You want 0 ammonia (yellow), 0 nitrites (light blue), and nitrates less than 20 (preferably less, mine stay just under 5). Once you get 0 amm and nitrites regularly, you can move to weekly water changes to keep the nitrates down. Just keep testing daily for awhile to make sure they stay that way.
Colors are starting to look good, and with a fish-in cycle, you have a lot of daily work, but it cycles quicker than fishless--it's just far more dangerous to the fish. I joined the hobby about a year ago with a fish-in cycle without a clue to what I was doing. We lost 2 guppies because of my lack of knowledge. But, no casualties since! :sly:
Colors are starting to look good, and with a fish-in cycle, you have a lot of daily work, but it cycles quicker than fishless--it's just far more dangerous to the fish. I joined the hobby about a year ago with a fish-in cycle without a clue to what I was doing. We lost 2 guppies because of my lack of knowledge. But, no casualties since! :sly: