How Should I proceed?

[Cody]

Alright here is the situation.

like many others I overdid it little at the start with my Ammonia. Right now I can process over 2ppm in a 24hr period. I had nitrites that were deep purple and off the charts and Nitrate40-80 ppm

I did a 50% water change tonight to try brining the nitrites to a normal range. I’m still getting a deep purple but now when I add the drops it wasn’t as instant as before so I could see progress. And my nitrates appeared to be a sure in between 20-40ppm.

my question is do I add a little ammonia to Lee things going or do I continue to try to level out the nitrite?

 

[Amazoniantanklvr]

Is there anything in the tank? If not leave it be and let it finish cycle.

 

[Cody]

Nothing is in the tank but, I’m at a point that the levels were so high that I would have to do a huge water change at the end of the cycle to get Nitrates in an acceptable range for fish.

so my thought was to get the nitrites to a range is not out of range on the test kit.

 

[Cody]

Did another 50 percent water change tonight and still deep purple. But the big change was that the Nitrates are off the charts. And last night after the water change they were 20-40ppm and now it was a very deep red.

so I must be making some way on the Nitrite levels thankfully

 

[Momgoose56]

Did another 50 percent water change tonight and still deep purple. But the big change was that the Nitrates are off the charts. And last night after the water change they were 20-40ppm and now it was a very deep red.

so I must be making some way on the Nitrite levels thankfully

I'd do another 75% water change and keep doing big water changes until the nitrites are about 2-4 ppm.

 

[Cody]

I'd do another 75% water change and keep doing big water changes until the nitrites are about 2-4 ppm.

That's the plan! Its inevitable that I need to do it so I should just attempt to get ahead of it I think.

Bright side is that I'm on the home stretch of this cycle.