Day 26

[StarterFisherman]

So it's day 26 of my fishless cycle on my first 10 gallon tank.

Ammonia is at .5 PPM FINALLY!
Temperature steady at 90 degrees

What's next?

 

[tamtam]

Where is your nitrite and nitrate? Sounds like you are probably getting into your nitrite spike.

 

[StarterFisherman]

I just retested:

Ammonia .50 ppm
PH 7.6 ( but its a darker blue than that)
NitrIte 5.0 ppm (looks a little darker purple than that)
NitrAte 5.0 ppm

 

[tamtam]

have you done any water changes lately? Sounds like you are almost through the ammo spike and into the nitrite spike.. though it sounds like your nitrite is off the charts so it's a bit hard to know where that stands. If you haven't done a change lately maybe do 1 and see if you can get that nitrite level down to a readable amount. It will help you see any progress you may make.