Originally Posted by
SNap0283
This is normal. In about 3 weeks the ammonia will drop and Nitrite will spike. It will take another 3 weeks before Nitrite will drop and your nitrate will rise. Normally it is left alone until ammonia and nitrite are both 0 then you will do a 100% water change and then make sure a 2-5ppm of ammonia will go to 0 within 24 hours, then it is safe to add fish after another 100% water change.
If you do a water change now it will remove some of the bacteria that you are trying to grow so you are better off just letting the process play out.