Help I Think I Made A Mistake

[FishNewbie]

Hello all. I thought my tank was slowly cycling things seemed to me moving along however, I did a water change on Saturday because my Amm was going over 1.0. I was getting reading for Amm, Nitrites .25-.50 and Nitrates at a little over 5.0 maybe around 7.0. I did not add anything to the water but food, I added stress coat which is suppose to be a water conditioner when making water changes, and I add it to the jug i carry the water with. So the water is treated before being added to the tank. Now I have only a reading for Amm about .50. Did I kill off the bacteria some how? I ordered some Bio spira which should come in on Wednesday. I thought that might help restablize the tank. Maybe I made too many water changes. I did them every time the Amm went over 1.0. which was daily for a while. can anyone offer any advice.

 

[DarkEntity]

When i cycle a tank i dont do any water changes till the cycle is over. Once complete i do about a 70% change then test again. If its all still ok the next day id consider it ready for fish.

Read the Sticky on cycling.

 

[InaneCathode]

You replaced the water from your tank with water that doesnt have ammonia. Makes sense really.

 

[Creature Seeker]

Are you cycling with fish or a fishless cycle?
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