That's a normal part of the cycle. The
ammonia goes sky high and then as it goes down your
nitrites go sky high and then as they go down your trates go up. Don't do anymore water changes. Leave the tank alone.... that's honestly my best advice... to leave it alone. Let the
ammonia and
nitrites get to 0, do a little water change (I do about 25%), watch the not to pretty
diatom bloom come and go. And then I like to test my water. I put a couple of blocks of mysis in there overnight and test in the morning. If everything is okay... green light to add a fish. It helps to put the mysis in a little mesh or netting so you can remove it after instead of letting it become
detritus...
detritus is our enemy.
