1ppm of Nitrite OK to add fish?

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yeah so I have 1ppm of Nitrite, it's on its way down, no ammonia and 5ppm of nitrate. Is it OK to add fish at this time, I was planning on getting them tonight but if 1ppm is really bad they I won't. It's definetly going to go completely away within a few days though because I'm about to finish the cycle.

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no ammonia and nitrite should be zeroed before you add any fish, nitrate is the least toxic and should be below 20ppm and some fish will tolerate significantly large doses but its not recommended.
 
If you have been watching it and it is on it's way down I don't see why you can't add fish. I would start adding slowly the number of fish though and watch you levels for a while as it will take time for your bio filtration to handle a lot of additional load.
 
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