Levels of a cycling tank?

Hey,
Was wondering today i did my water tests in my cycling 55gallon. my levels are:

Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 1mg/l
Nitrate 5-10 mg/l

would i be able to add hardy specimens in this water? if so what kind any suggestions??

EDIT:

The tank has been running for 2.5 weeks now with live rock from my display tank, and some base rock. also the live sand bed has been cycling on it's own for like 4-5 months now.

 

How long have you had your tank?

 

oops.....just edited.....answer at top

 

you could if your impatient, but i would wait until your nitrites are gone.

 

Yeah....i could wait another week or so....i'm leaving in a few weeks...and need to get it done, cause the wife wants nothing to do with....feed...thats all she does!!!!

 

Give it another 3.5 weeks before you add anything.

 

you should really wait a little longer to avoid wasting any money

 

+1 Brandon....Give it time. Before you know it the cycle will be over. Patience young Jedi.

The perfect cycling would show a spike in ammonia then a decrease to zero. Toward the end of the ammonia drop the nitrites would rise, then decrease to zero. Toward the end of the nitrite decrease, the nitrates would start to rise. Then they would fall a bit, then they would start to rise again. That second rise indicates a cycled tank.

But I tell ya. Mine didn't do anything like that. I just had to wait a SOLID period of time before I believed my ammonia and nitrites were really that low. Mine never spliked. Just wavered. I just had the nitrates to go by.

So my point is, don't always trust the numbers, they can fool you. If it seems cycled here in the next week or two, it isn't. Wait it out.

 

yeah i actually had someone tell me she lost like 200$ worth of fish in her office for not letting her tank cycle properly. She said that the LFS said she would be ok.. but anyways... long story short I would give it more time 2.5 weeks isn't long enough in my opinion but each tank is different. I still have my new tank cycling and it has been about 1 month now... it is probably ready by now but been really busy to even look at buying fish right now... plus waiting on 24lbs of LR to cure so I can aquascape a little better