I have just been through cycling too and when I had high nitrites (10ppm) I
was doing 2 water changes a day of 25% each....with a smaller tank you might
wanna make this less though. My nitrites have been 0 for 3 days now and
ammonias zeroed out 2 weeks ago....all in all the cycling for me took 3
weeks. MOST frustrating. But even with the water changes the nitrite still
read 10ppm the next morning (my kit only goes to 5ppm but I diluted the tank
water in tap water).

It will all be OK....that said...I lot one platy to cycling as well as 2
glolight tetras.

Good luck

Angela
"Ricky" wrote in message
. ..
Have a 10 gallon tank for about a month. Ammonia spiked and lingered for
2
weeks, then nitrites spiked, ammonia went down 4 days after that. And now
my nitrites continue to be high with no signs of going down. I mean off
the
charts. I've been doing small water changes to ease pressure on the fish
(10%). One of my Platties is getting white spots on her tail (I thought
the
ich was gone), and I'm moving in one more week. If I had known I was
going
to move before I got the tank, I would have waited to set it up.


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