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Thanks for the advice! I checked the test kit last night - it says it's from 2009 so it should be ok. Nitrites were still 1 ppm and Nitrates were at 5. What the heck? hehe. I don't really have any friends who keep aquariums. Would the LFS give me a "dirty" filter to throw in there you think?

Hi, there I am currently cycling my 36 gallon aquarium. I've been using pure ammonia and the API Master Kit for testing. My ammonia is now reading 0, so I'm "feeding" the bacteria about 2 ppm each day. My nitrites spiked around 5 ppm, and they are back down to 1 ppm. However, they have held...