My cycle either has to be over, or it never happened. I had an entire cocktail shrimp decentegrate in my tank, and the ammonia levels never got over .0145 ppm. Nitrites never over .01 and Nitrates never over 5.

As of last night, the levels are as follows:

PH: 8.0
Nitrites: .01
Nitrates: 2.5
ammonia: .0145

I'm going to take my water to the LFS tomorrow to get it tested before I do anything to confirm these levels.

My 1st question is: Do you all think a water change is in order? (its been 1.5 weeks with the same water).

My 2nd question is: Do you think its safe to add a fish?