Is my tank cycled

[xDestro]

I was given around a dozen platies roughly 3 weeks ago to help cycle my 55 gallon tank, throughout those weeks I tested my water every other day or so and I cleaned the gravel and did small water changes to keep my nitrites low enough to not kill my fish, today my nitrites dropped pretty damn low and my ammonia was around the same ( I kept ammonia levels down too) so I tested for nitrates and I have around 20-40 ppm, does this mean my tank is cycled and I can start doing weekly water changes and add more fish?

 

[ragin_cajun]

If you have nitrates, and your ammonia is 0, and your nitrite is 0, then your tank is cycled. If you're sure that you don't have any nitrates in your tap water that is.

 

[tlindsey]

If you have nitrates, and your ammonia is 0, and your nitrite is 0, then your tank is cycled. If you're sure that you don't have any nitrates in your tap water that is.

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[Fish Eat Fish]

Yeah ^^^ what these guys said. If you have any reading for ammonia or nitrite it's not done or you have inadequate filtration.