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Today the tank was zero all across the board, ammonia:0, nitrite:0, nitrate:0. So the tank isn't making much progress cycling.   But I tried again to feed the angelfish, and today he finally attempted to eat the pellets, but he kept spitting them out and reattempting to eat it. Should I be...

I have been using an ammonia detoxifier, but I will do a water change and plan on getting bacteria.

Okay, looked around Planet Catfish, and I think I'll stick with peppered cories, I love their almost authentic natural look.   But I have been testing my tank daily as it said in the fish in cycle page, and I have been changing the water every other day once ammonia starts getting to high. The...

Alright, I'll just do peppered cories, just in case.

Yeah, I was planning on introducing them 3 at a time.   Do you know if their is any adverse affects to introducing different types of cory cats? Lets say 3 peppered and 3 emerald.

Thanks, I took a look at it.

Also how long does a cycle usually tank?   I thought it took about a month, but my tank had been sitting for three weeks with already cycled substrate and filter media before I added fish.

Thank you for all the advice.   I couldn't find prime at my local fish store so I bought a different neutralizer, and I tested it afterwards and it definitely neutralized almost all the ammonia.   I'll take a look at the fish in cycle info   Thanks! 

Sorry this story is going to be a bit long, I just had to tell the backstory.   I recently bought three cory cats and an angel to start stocking my 36 gallon tank, but when I woke up this morning the angel was sitting on the tank bottom and two cory cats had died, and the last cory cat was not...