New Fish Tank Nitrite Levels.?

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I set up a new 63 litre tropical fish tank 2 weeks ago (i added water purifier), i left it running for a couple of days then started adding little bits of food to make the nitrite cycle start so i could actually add fish. A few days ago i put in some plants, and a couple of days ago i bought this kit with something called "Filter Start" in it and a testing kit for pH and Nitrite, the pH was almost perfect (7.5) but the nitrite was deep red something like 4.0mg/l, so i added the filter start. I tested the nitrite levels today and i had got worse the colour chart only goes up to the dark colour of around 4.0mg/l and this was much darker, like a bottle of undiluted black current squash. What has happened? What can i do, i really want to move my fish over to the new tank?

Thanks for the help.
i havent got an ammonia tester so guess i must be at the nitrites, but the nitrites should be going down, the colour of the test should be getting clearer not deeper and darker. How?
 
You have to wait for the levels to return to normal before adding fish or you will likely kill them. Making sure you have plenty of "good bacteria" in your tank will level out the nitrate levels in your tank. A little trick I learned is to take a plastic pan/pot scrubber and put it in my filter and let it get full of good bacteria. I never have any levels of anything out of whack with all the bio surface I have in my tanks.

I know you want to add fish but the tank has not cycled properly yet. I would wait till the levels are normal. What are you using for biological filtration?

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