Help Cycling Tank?

[thebilljamin]

So I'm cycling my tank, and was wondering if I should leave the ammonia level as high as 8.0? or should I do a PWC and try and bring it down to 4.0? And could this possibly be my ammonia spike? cause It's been at a constant 4.0 for about a week

 

[Holytotemic]

8 is pretty high. You may want to do a partial if there's anything living in that.

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[threnjen]

Need slightly more info - is this fishless or fish-in?

 

[thebilljamin]

It's Fish in, I dose Prime to the total tank volume and do 25% PWC every other day. Everyone seems happy and I feed 2 a day very small pinches so much they can eat in 2 to 3 minutes and once a week I give them a fasting day

 

[thebilljamin]

Ok I just took my reading and the ammonia is now down to .50 and I hadn't done a PWC between the two measurements. 8.0 and .50. My nitrite is zero when it's usually .5 and my nitrate is 10.0 when usually 5.0