So with my little 10 gallon tank, I did as instructed and added a bottle of Bio Spira and one cooked Shrimp to get the cycle started. It has since been a little over two days and I checked my levels just a few minutes ago.
High Range pH = 8.0
Ammonia = between 0 ppm and 0.25 ppm
Nitrite = around 1 ppm
Nitrate = about 160 ppm
Knowing the Ammonia and Nitrites would go up with the shrimp in there, however contrary to that the ammonia seems to of dropped, and the nitrite went up compared to what they were before I added the shrimp. The Nitrates went up as well but to my understanding that is to be expected when the Ammonia and Nitrites go up. Im sorry if I'm not understanding the correct process for this and keep asking questions, but this is the only way I'm going to learn.
So my question is this:
Do I remove the shrimp now that the Nitrite and Nitrate has spiked but not the Ammonia or wait until the ammonia spikes as well.