kieranhasfish
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
so i bought a 55 gallon tank from someone about a week and a half ago, im a beginner and he didnt tell me about the nitrogen cycle, the aquarium came with a 30-60 aquatech filter, 2 6inch airstones, a light, some plastic decorations and 15 fish, 2 bala shark 2 harlequin rasbora 4 guppies 1 green glo danio 2 serpae tetra 3 red columbian tetra 2 black skirt tetra. i added a heater the next day and have sice added 2 anubias plants, 2 peices of driftwood some bamboo, and before learning of the nitrogen cycle 3 dojo loaches. HERES THE TRICKY PART i did this completely wrong and did a full water change the day i got the tank, i have been doing 25-35% water changes every other or every day to keep ammonia down and have been testing for ammonia and nitrites daily, ammonia twice a day, nitrites always come up 0 and ammonia is between .25 and 1. should i continue doing water changes daily? i can never get ammonia to 0 (which i also dont want right?) but it is around .25 ppm or less after water change. basically i just want to know if theres anyway i can get my tank cycling without my fish dying.