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I added dechlorinator and bottled bacteria (API quick start) as well as a little bit of fish food and let it run with the filter going, did I do something wrong there? I did have an air stone in there for the initial cycle but I noticed it was knocking the shrimp around so I took it out, is that...

I have a 20gal planted tank that has been cycling for about two months. The tank seemed to stabilize around week four, at which point I added three snails and six shrimp (not all added at once.) Upon testing the water afterward, the nitrite spiked massively to about 5ppm. Many water changes...