fishless cycle

[duffer55]

my ammonia is at zero, and nitrites at 0.05 is it save for fish yet or should i just wait untill nitrites are at zero also?

[Drumachine09]

Did you have a spike earlier?

[duffer55]

yes, nitrites have been off the charts (> 1) for 17 days. now, how long can i wait before i need to add either more ammonia, or more fish?

[Drumachine09]

When the spike occured, you should have been adding half of the amount of ammonia that you were adding. Did you do this?

[duffer55]

yes, i cut it down to half

[Drumachine09]

I would say do a massive water change and your ready to slowly add some fish. Add about 1/2-2/3 of your total stock, and then wait 3-5 days before you add the rest. I could be wrong about the water change though. Someone correct me if im wrong.

[duffer55]

on my nitrite chart, orange color is >1 this is the bottom color on the chart. what i`am reading now light blue, which is the second color from the top, the top colr which is green is the zero reading.

[sergo]

let it finish. it has maybe a day or two. you've waited this long another day or two isn't going to hurt.
i would start thinking about what fish you want to put in first.