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Update: Still having the exact same readings another week later... I'm at .50-1.0 ammonia, relatively little nitrates (.3 maybe?) and nitrates 0. Out of curiosity, I tested my refrigerator filtered water and it was near 0 on the ammonia readings.. so I do have a bit more confidence in the API...

Thanks for the input. Did my regular water changes last night and woke to find a dead glofish... so I guess that's helping with my stocking issue? This morning's test is exactly the same as always. Added prime to tank in greater dose as suggested. I am sure that we'll upgrade the tank as soon as...

So, I've been working on getting my 10 gallon fish-in tank cycled and am going on 5 weeks. Using an API test kit I'm consistently getting readings like this: Ammonia .25-.50 Nitrites 0 Nitrates 0- (one day this week I had about a 3.0) PH 8.4 I have 1 koi angel, 1 swordfish, 1 platty, 2 neon...