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11 fish are a lot to add at one time to a smaller tank. The "old" rock may not be enough to keep up with the added bio load in the tank.
+2 The fact that some nitrite was present ("nitrite .1") indicates at the very least a mini-cycle was occurring. I missed that little tidbit previously.