Tank Is Still Cycling

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Hello I posted a few weeks ago about my tank cycling. I got lots of good advice, However my tank seems to be "stuck" temp is 79 PH 7.2 Amm .75 NitrIes is .25 NitrAes is 7.0 The water is nolonger cloudy, and is almost Crystal clear. 20 gallon with 7 platies 3 guppies and 2 cory cats. Everyone looks happy and healthy, swimming around and eating. I did lose the 2 tiny fry however. Oh well I am sure at some point I will get more fry. Does anyone know if it seems like I am stuck or will it eventually complete the cycle? the tank has been up since 10/26. Is thee anything i can do to speed things up? Can I assume that with my water readings and the fact that they all look ok, collorful, no stress, and eating that the fish are ok. I do keep an eye on the reading and change about 15% of the water every other day. Thank you
 
The cories would like to be in a bigger group, bout 6+. You want ammonia and nitrite at 0 ppm. With any in the water, your hurting the fish. I don't like cycling with fish. Obv then prefer fishless cycling and won't add fish until both read 0ppm. The nitrates are fine up to around 50 ppm. I would start doing 25% water changes everyday until your stats get to 0 for ammonia and nitrites. You prob added too many fish too fast for your filter to catch up so it is going through a mini-cycle. It will equal out eventually just don't add anymore fish until it does!
 

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