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Did a 100% water change. Went to the store and got a guppy. When I checked the water parameters after sometime, ammonia was showing .25-.5ppm. Did a partial water change. Fish survived overnight. Again found ammonia at same levels! Did a water change again. 4 hours later, same amount of...

Update 7/30: Its been a week and i dont see a change. I have Ammonia at 2-4 PPM, Nitrite at 0.25 PPM and Nitrate at 5 PPM stuck for the last 1 week. I feel like i should just do a water change and get some starter fish. Advice?

I am still a newbie here but why did u have to change the filter and water and cleanout everything? from what i read, u shud keep the old filter with new filter and run it for a few weeks before letting go of old filter is the way to go so that new filter gets established. Dont u think you lost...

Thanks!! but you did not tell me what should i do. Wait until Ammonia and Nitrite to go down and then dose a little bit of ammonia again? water change?

Update: after adding API quick start, i see Nitrates(5PPM) but my Ammonia and Nitrites are still at 4PPm and 0.25 PPM. How come Nitrates are forming without a nitrite spike? and without ammonia going down and nitrite spike, i was not expecting nitrates! What do i do?

Filter running continuously and bubbler too! i guess i will continue to monitor for few more days. It does get frustrating!

After getting the fish, i floated the bag, kept it dark, added littlebit of water from tank to bag..did all that. dropped fishfood after sometime. guessing that would have caused ammonia spike. Yes, i did dechlorinate the water. Not sure what is surface agitation for gas exchange means!?

Thanks for your reply. I will increase the temp to 80-82. My PH is around 7.8 and i have not checked that lately. I did some reading and thought PH might fluctuate during a fishless cycle and we dont need to bother! Initially the store person said i can add fish 4-5 hours after setting up my...

I have started fishless cycle 4 weeks ago in 10GL tank. Setup everything, treated water with API stress coat and API stress Zyme and added Dr Tim's Ammonia(4PMM after test). Started testing daily. Ammonia was constant for couple of weeks and started noticing Nitrite during 3 rd week. Was happy...