New tank fishless cycling for about 3 and half weeks an a little stuck?

[imma24]

Water changes will remove the excess ammonia and permit the cycle to continue normally - I didn't realize you hadn't remove the prawn - pumping ammonia into your tank via rotting fish isn't the way to go unfortunately. High ammonia stalls things.

[livvyy]

So just took my levels (wasn't able to get around to doing a water change today)
-Ammonia 4.0 (but doesn't look as green as it was looking but still in that range)
-nitrAte 1.0 (going up)
-niteraIte 5.0 (the same)

Is this weird as I actually don't have any source of ammonia going into the tank (at all)?

I'm thinking if just being patient and letting nature take its course for a little while longer :)

[livvyy]

Water changes will remove the excess ammonia and permit the cycle to continue normally - I didn't realize you hadn't remove the prawn - pumping ammonia into your tank via rotting fish isn't the way to go unfortunately. High ammonia stalls things.

I haven't had the prawn in for over a week maybe 2...

[livvyy]

So just to let you know been testing everyday ammonia started comin down few days after this post didn't do the water change

Levels are currently:
Ammonia: 0
NitrIte: 5.0
NitrAte: 40

:) hoping nitrItes drop fast! I think the heaters helped it along alot

[Cermet]

Somehow you need to get the ammonia back to 1 ppm (becareful; above 2 ppm ammonia can stall nitrite bacteria) to feed the bacteria.

[imma24]

Yes, what are you using to add ammonia - if you don't add any for a day or two, whatever bacteria you currently have grown will die (the ammonia is their food) and you will be back at square 1 with an uncycled tank.

As Cermet noted, you don't want to bring the ammonia up to more than 1.0 at this point because you have a reading for nitrites.

[livvyy]

Well I just checked my ammonia it says there 0.25 must have read the colours wrong because they look so
Similar but going to get some ammonia stuff tomorrow :)