cycling

Hi all! I am new to the hobby and I have a questions regarding phosphate removers for hang on back filters. My 36 gallon tank has been cycling for about 3 weeks now. Everything is going well, I started with the dead shrimp method and ammonia was spiking for the last 2 weeks. Ammonia is now at 1...

I have test kits, and it's been 4 days my ammonia haven't spiked yet... Is it normal? I put pellets in there