Also, I put a table shrimp but it took around 3 weeks to finally start decomposing and I put some fish food in too. I’m new to the hobby too but I heard it’s not productive to do water changes while cycling.
I’m almost finished cycling my 55 gal. It only took about two weeks for my ammonia and nitrites to spike. My ammonia returned to 0 and my nitrates started showing up. I put Dr. Tims Ammonia in everyday to make sure the ammonia levels were at 5ppm.