Hi all,
I'm 8 days into my fishless cycling my 5.5 gallon tank using Tetra Safe Start. Added pure ammonia to get up to 4.0 ppm and then in a week it dropped down to this level:
![photo 1 (2).jpg photo 1 (2).jpg](https://www.aquariumadvice.com/data/attachments/224/224461-627bb7a55aa0682c3b72337aafe1c053.jpg)
I decided to let it drop a little more before adding more ammonia to get it back up to 4.0 ppm. However I checked it the next day and it was up to this level where it has been the past 3 days (not really sure what this level is because I'm bad at interpreting the readings):
![photo 2 (3).jpg photo 2 (3).jpg](https://www.aquariumadvice.com/data/attachments/224/224462-f95f0529f8c9062f8f9d68485b4e3d8b.jpg)
I hadn't done anything to the tank except test the water and I believe the reason for the rise was some decaying plant leaves in my tank which I have removed. Still concerned that the levels are not dropping because it dropped fairly well in the first week. Should I add more bacteria to my tank to see if that makes a difference?
I'm 8 days into my fishless cycling my 5.5 gallon tank using Tetra Safe Start. Added pure ammonia to get up to 4.0 ppm and then in a week it dropped down to this level:
![photo 1 (2).jpg photo 1 (2).jpg](https://www.aquariumadvice.com/data/attachments/224/224461-627bb7a55aa0682c3b72337aafe1c053.jpg)
I decided to let it drop a little more before adding more ammonia to get it back up to 4.0 ppm. However I checked it the next day and it was up to this level where it has been the past 3 days (not really sure what this level is because I'm bad at interpreting the readings):
![photo 2 (3).jpg photo 2 (3).jpg](https://www.aquariumadvice.com/data/attachments/224/224462-f95f0529f8c9062f8f9d68485b4e3d8b.jpg)
I hadn't done anything to the tank except test the water and I believe the reason for the rise was some decaying plant leaves in my tank which I have removed. Still concerned that the levels are not dropping because it dropped fairly well in the first week. Should I add more bacteria to my tank to see if that makes a difference?