Cycling Advice On 40L

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Kelly-Jo

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Hi guys,
 
Need a bit of advice about when to add more ammonia to my tank.
 
On day 1 I dosed the tank with 1.2ml of ammonia giving a reading of 3ppm ammonia.
Tested Day 4: Ammonia 2ppm and Nitrite 0.75ppm
Tested again Day 7: Ammonia <0.25ppm and Nirtite 0.75ppm
 
Should I add more ammonia now that it's dropped below 0.25ppm even though my nitrite isn't over 2ppm?

Also, what is causing this? I have the tank semi planted with some dwarf hairgrass and pogostemon helefari which I dose with Floruish
 
I have had a bit of an algae problem which I mostly cleared up before I began dosing with ammonia, however there is some algae in the tank currently due to it's position close to the window.
 
Advice and help is greatly appreciated.
 
What is causing what?
 
Algae and plant's preferred source of nitrogen is ammonia/ammonium. 
 

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