I am a pretty patient guy, but this one is testing me for sure. I have been fishless cycling for 7 weeks now. 29 gallon tank with HOB filter, sponge filter, air stone, pfs, one small live plant on driftwood (this was my seeding), fake plants and fake rock. I dosed ammonia (no surfactants this time) to 5 ppm and about 4 weeks later started to see a reduction in ammonia to about 3 ppm with no nitrites visible. A few days later nitrites finally showed up at .5 ppm and rose to 5 ppm within a few days. By week 5 ammonia was dropping to 0 within 8 hours after redosing to 2-3 ppm daily and the nitrites dropped to 1 ppm. By week 6, ammonia stayed the course and nitrites dropped to .5 ppm. Nitrates have been about 8 ppm since week 5. After week 7 I still have nitrites at .5 ppm and am scratching my head wondering if anything is amiss. I'm sure I just need to be patient for a little while longer and I'll get over the Nitrite hump, but just thought I would check this wealth of knowledge for any known problems or suggestions to help. By the way, my pH has always been 7.8, but around week 6 dropped to 6.8, not sure if that matters during cycling. Thanks in advance for any help or encouragement! Wife is pretty sure we will never have fish at this point (she is not quite as patient!)