did you use LR uncured, if you did your fine . you could have missed your ammonia spike if you werent testing everyday , i tested every day sometimes twice , my ammonia spike onloy last for 2 days , so your probably fine and where you should be right now /.///....... with NO disrespect to Hot
I wouldnt add a shrimp , because if your ammonia did spike your going to start your cycle over , your nitrates should deffinatly be higher , so what your going to want to do is raise your alkilinity , you can do this by putting just a little bit of aqua safe ion your water , and then add a little bit of brine shrimp , Not alot because once again we dont want your cycle to start over ......... Then again if you dont have LR in your tank , go with Hots advise , because you wouldnt even have the bacteria needed to start a cycle ......... also the nitrates are safe at 0 and that is good however it is highly unlikely for you to have executed a perfect cycle in a week in a half your nitrates should be reading around 20-40 , if your using the mardell test kit , which i think you are , make sure that you arent reading the fresh water scale bacause the .colours are slighty different , the salt water scal is behind the freshwater you have to peel it back .......... i use the same test , i hate liquid tests its to hard to determine the colour
