Should I skip the last ammonia dose

[Reefdiculous22]

Hi there. So I’m on day six of my Dr Tim’s fishless cycle. Today is suppose to be the last ammonia dose. My ammonia is around 1-2 ppm but the nitrites are above 2 ppm looking closer to the 5ppm range. It’s really hard to tell on the api kit. (For me anyway). I do have some nitrate so the bacteria is working. Around 5 ppm nitrate. My question is should I skip the last ammonia dose. Seeing as the bacteria are working maybe not dose and let the nitrite converters catch up or will it have the opposite affect if I don’t dose. Not really sure what to do here. It’s my first tank. Any help would be welcome. Thanks. Cheers

 

[blaxsun]

If you've been following the Dr. Tim's program I'd probably stick it out.

 

[Chrisv.]

Most nitrate test kits cross react with nitrite, so if you have high nitrite that is likely giving a false positive on your nitrate test kit.