Am I Cycling? Fish-in. (pics of water chemistry inside)

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CallMeJus

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Hello all! Long story short, I didn't know much and took the Petco employees advice and put water conditioner and bio booster in the water, then let it "cycle" (or so I thought) for four days. After researching, and finding this forum it was already two late...Last Sunday I put 4 very small Guppies, a baby Zebra Snail (?), and a baby red Crystal Shrimp in. I also have three different plants, a Marimo Moss ball, and a piece of Driftwood.

Below is todays water chemistry reading...Is it finally starting to cycle? Should i do a water change?
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It would be starting to cycle but you are right at the beginning.

Suggest water changes to keep ammonia around 0.25.

Also I would test the tap water to get an idea of the baseline (some tap water has low nitrates). For tap water ph, test straight away and then put a glass of tap water (uncovered) out to degas for 24hrs. Then test that to get true tap water ph.
 
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