Cycling First Tank - Clownfish

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Wanting to add clownfish in this weekend to tank that's been cycling for 4 weeks.
Yesterday: Nitrite 1, Nitrate 10, ammonia 0
Today: Nitrite 5, Nitrate 25, ammonia 0
Should I be doing water changes to lower the nitrite and nitrate or just wait it out and keep adding fish food? Is it safe to add clownfish in this weekend pending I do a water change if nitrite isn't 0 by then?
I also just added more live rock + treated it with coral dip... is that enough for curing?
Also having what looks like some red hair algae on my GSP - do I need to brush it off? GSP is doing great.
 
Cycle is done. You can add a fish. You should continue to do water changes though (10% WC a week to start with), as your nitrate and phosphate levels will probably be all over the place. The fish will be fine though
 
About the cycling, it looks like you’re done. Doing a WC to lower nitrates would be a good idea. Never mind nitrites, they’re not detrimental in reef tanks.
Awesome! Thank you!!
 

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