Well here it is a month later and water parameters haven't changed a bit. 0.1 nitrite, 5 nitrate, 0 ammonia. So whats the deal? According to the nitrite test, there is a very light pink, and its not zero until its clear. Is this accurate? Because I would think that two months later without doing anything to the tank but topping off the water it would be zero by now... I'm getting pretty frustrate looking at a box of water every day with a bunch of rocks and some sand and nothing else in it. On the positive side, all the algae blooms have died off, but the rocks are covered in their residue. Not attractive at all.