cycling issues

[riche]

Im about 4 weeks into my cycle, I added some fish food to get it going, well I tested the water and I am showing very low ammonia but my nitrites and Nitrates are off the chart.

What can I do to get them down?

Will adding chetto to the fuge help?

Water change?

Or do I need to dose something like vinager or vodka or even bio pellets?

Or do I need to add some type of bacteria to get things in overdrive?

 

[hijinks7]

I'd try a larger water change or adding cheato first.

 

[redfishbluefish]

Are you curing the rock at the same time? That is, did you start with dry rock? That's my guess....and you need to do water changes.....and 100% water changes can be done during a cure. If you don't take care of nitrates (and phosphates) now, you'll be posting in a couple months about a terrible algae problem.

 

[riche]

Yes I started out with dry rock and one small piece of live rock.

It’s a 65 gallon tank with a 20 gallon sump. How big of a water change should I do?