So, I ended up getting Seachem Stability to help move things along, and used a whole bottle over the course of 2 weeks. After doing so I *finally* have nitrites and nitrates registering. They are now showing:
Tested with strips:
Nitrate: 40 mg/L
Nitrites: >10.0 mg/L (way over, possibly 20).
Tested with liquid test kit:
Ammonia: Was very high, about 4.0 last night. Is now showing almost 0.
It has been very difficult to get this tank started, so I'm quite excited. I do know however that the Nitrite reading is way too high. I am concerned about doing a partial water change however because I do not want to screw the cycle up. Will the nitrites naturally die down quick enough that I don't need to worry about my fish dying, or is this something that needs to be taken care of now by a PWC?
Tested with strips:
Nitrate: 40 mg/L
Nitrites: >10.0 mg/L (way over, possibly 20).
Tested with liquid test kit:
Ammonia: Was very high, about 4.0 last night. Is now showing almost 0.
It has been very difficult to get this tank started, so I'm quite excited. I do know however that the Nitrite reading is way too high. I am concerned about doing a partial water change however because I do not want to screw the cycle up. Will the nitrites naturally die down quick enough that I don't need to worry about my fish dying, or is this something that needs to be taken care of now by a PWC?