Hi friend, I appreciate your response. I tested for the ammonia and nitrites this morning and the ammonia is still zero and the nitrites have come down to 1-2ppm and my nitrates is around 10ppm. So all I'm going to do is keeping adding 1 to 2 capful of ammonia to the tank each morning because the cycling is doing it's thing and doing it beautifully. Far as the plants, they've pretty much all died with the exception of two or three; probably due to not having the light on enough, I'm waiting for my vallisneria plants to come in the mail because they're the only plants that I can have in my African cichlid tank that they won't bother too much and I can put it in the soil under the gravel. The heat has been in the 80's since the beginning of the cycle and I turned it back down to 79 to prepare to transfer my cichlids over from the 55 gallon when the cycle is complete and after doing my 70% water change and adding prime and stress coat in the water
