84l tank cycling question

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Hello

I have been cycling the tank fishless with flakes, using api stress zyme, api stress coat and pure aquarium balls.

I have a nitrates reading of 40, nitrites at 0 and ammonia at 0.5.

My question is, how long before the ammonia drops, the tank had been at this level for a week or so now, I'm doing 20% water changes every 2-3 days and within a few hours it's stabilised back at this level. I've started only feeding the flakes every other day but the levels aren't changing, what am I doing wrong?
 
Also, would it be safe to add the axolotl with those readings and just monitor the levels?
 
You could let the tank go without water changes and see if that speeds it up. Warm the tank to 23 degrees or so, if you haven't already.
I wouldn't put the axolotl in until it has finished with the cycle, you can tub separately with daily water changes if you need to.
 
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