Cycling confusion/odd readings
I am currently cycling my 33 gal tank with live rock and live sand. I started cycling it last weekend and started taking readings on Wednesday. The first time I tested for both ammonia and nitrites (rookie mistake) and the readings looked like this:
Wednesday
Ammonia:what looked like between 0-0.25
Nitrites:what looked like between 0-0.05
Thursday
Ammonia:2.5
Friday
Ammonia:0.25
Nitrites:0.05
So I thought on Thursday that my ammonia was spiking which was why I tested for nitrites again today but now I am no so sure what's going on considering I seem to back to the way it was on Wednesday. Is it more likely that I read he reading wrong or recorded incorrectly or could something else be going on normal of otherwise.
Any insight would be appreciated!
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