cycling ?

[southstar066]

ok im cycling my new tank...
ammonia has spiked to .50-1.0 ppm
nitrates are at 20 ppm
mitrites are .50 ppm
my question is do i just keep letting everything do what its doing until everything go back down to 0 or do i have to do a water chang to get it back down to 0...whats do i do...help

 

[southstar066]

bump

 

[patandlace]

Just let the cycle run it's course untill the ammonia and nitrite read zero. You will still have nitrates. Then you can start doing water changes to get the nitrates down.

 

[southstar066]

thanks for the advice