How do I reduce ammonia and nitrite levels in my 28 gallon tank?

My 28 gallon tank is still in the early cycle stages with 4 zebra danios, 3 mickeys, 3 catfish and 1 fish that the clerk at Petsmart (Yeah, I know!) told me would eat the black ramshorn snails that infested my tank. I removed the plants that had snail egg sacks today and bought new plants.

Water changes will be the key to fix your problem.
Second do not add any more fish to your tank until you get it cycled.
Do 10% every day until you get the levels down; prepare your new water with Amquel and Cycle.
Amquel reduce ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, chlorine and chloramines without interfering with your bio filter like some other product do (so it won't set you back on cycling your tank)
Cycle helps you with the nitrifying bacteria.
Remember that first you get ammonia, then it is converted to nitrite and then to nitrate.
If you add bacteria everyday it will help you with the ammonia but it will create more nitrite when the bacteria process the ammonia.
Also don't feed you fish that much, the more they eat the more ammonia they will produce, so you may have to feed them very little for a few days until you get the tank to cycle. Also uneaten food can be what is causing your filter to get gross so often.
A far as I know plants actually eat nitrate not ammonia neither nitrite.
Do not change the carbon from your filter that often because you are removing good bacteria that has already attached to it.
Very important when you do your water change look at your fish for a while to see how they react when your water conditions are not at its best they might get shock when you add new water. Also look for any white spots, clamped fins because your fish are under a lot of stress with your ammonia and nitrite levels high and you might have to treat them for something at the same time.
I hope this will help you and your fish.
About the snails, I am sorry to have to tell you that once you get them it is almost impossible to get rid of them, but hey clean your tank from uneaten food so they will improve your water quality.
K.F.G.

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