ok so i had my 10gallon tank for like a month now or maybe 1 month and a half but anyway.. my ammonia lev is at 2.0 i know i gotta keep it low to 0... but i was also fighting ich on my 2 swordtails.. thats all i have right now only because i was gonna wait a bit n see if it cycles n then throw another one in before the week was over i saw that i had a few spots of ich so i treated it with the 82-86degree water and coppersafe.. their fine now ... anyway so the ammonia is at 2.0 i gotta do a water change to lower it but i still dont see any nitrites or nitrates they are both reading at 0 and my ph is 7.2 im using the api drop kit tests not the strips cause i heard the strips were not as accurate ... i also have 2 live plants...but they had to be removed until all copper is out.. other then that.. i think i hit it all the temp is still at 82-84 by next week ill start removing the coppper im giving it like 2 and a half weeks to make sure no more ich then im gonna do probably 30% water changes to remove all copper but does anyone know what im doing wrong on the cycleing i dont have the filter carbon in cause like i said i was treating it.. can the copper be killing any kind of good bacteria that was trying to grow?.. any help would be awesome thanks in advance