Water testing questions/concerns

I have use that test kit and you need to figure out the closest match in the color and the color for the high end and low end you want to be in between. My 110 uses about 1g top up water a day. If you mix 1.pounds of Instant ocean with 5g water it comes out to 1.025 every time been doing this ever since I got into the hobby. The rise in salinity is due to evaporation the salt and other essential elements do not evaporate just the water so top up water is just plain old water no salt added. Some where in week 2-3 your ammonia will spike, in week 3-4 your nitrites should spike and nitrates should spike right behind that. Dino's will for on substrate and rocks in week 3-4 some time you could have lots or a little. In my big tank there was so little it almost didn't happen but in the tank I setup for my kids it lasted 2 - 3 weeks it was not a huge problem but patchy. After 1.5 week I did add 3 fish because they were in QT wating to be introduced into the tank once the levels were 0 they went in to the tank. More dino's was the outcome this is not what normaly happens to me. But I had to deal with it added larger power heads and hortened the light cycle, it cleared up in about anouther week.
I normally don't advise adding any fish or animals till week 4 is done and all levels are at 0.
Ammonia burns the fishes gills and can cause other problems for them.

Bill