Hi there, if you can pick up Prime by Seachem. It locks up ammonia and nitrite and prevents it from harming your fish. Use it at two drops per gallon per day, for every day that you either do not test your water or that your ammonia or nitrite read more than zero. You should be doing about 25 percent water changes once a week with a good vacume once you get your tank fully cycled, but while its still in influx I would do 25% every day, until your readings are all zero. Don't overclean your filter, just every two weeks rinse it in tank water and put it right back, give the positive microbes a good chance to set in. You can use a microbe boosting product too like Stability by Seachem when you do your filter clean. Good luck!
