I don't understand what is happening with my cycle so I hope someone can help me out. I am on day 18 of my fishless cycle and everything was running smoothly until I checked my parameters this morning.
I had my NitrIte spike on day 12 (October 16) and on day 14 (October 18) my ammonia went to 0. I continued to add enough ammonia in my tank to read 4ppm and it continued to drop to 0 for the next three days (October 19, 20, 21). My NitrIte was dropping as well (It went to 2.0, 1.0 and around .75) but had not hit 0 yet. I thought I would see it hit 0 pretty soon.
Yesterday I added enough ammonia in my tank to reach 4ppm (my normal routine). This morning when I checked my ammonia, it now reads 1.0! What in the world is happening and what should I do
? I am trying not to panic but I really don't want to have to start the cycle over 
Somebody please help me
As of today, my parameters read
Ammonia 1.0
NitrIte 1.0
NitrAte 5.0
I had my NitrIte spike on day 12 (October 16) and on day 14 (October 18) my ammonia went to 0. I continued to add enough ammonia in my tank to read 4ppm and it continued to drop to 0 for the next three days (October 19, 20, 21). My NitrIte was dropping as well (It went to 2.0, 1.0 and around .75) but had not hit 0 yet. I thought I would see it hit 0 pretty soon.
Yesterday I added enough ammonia in my tank to reach 4ppm (my normal routine). This morning when I checked my ammonia, it now reads 1.0! What in the world is happening and what should I do
? I am trying not to panic but I really don't want to have to start the cycle over Somebody please help me
As of today, my parameters read
Ammonia 1.0
NitrIte 1.0
NitrAte 5.0
