I did cycle it. I used the filter from my already established 10 gallon, got bio rings for the canister filter, got new charcoal, I went to a LFS and ask them for a sample of some gravel in one of their established display tanks and since I go their all the time the employee that helps me all the time just told me to buy a plant and he would be able to throw in about 2 hand fulls of gravel which he did, I also added gravel from my 10 gallon and I did about a 30% water change on my 10 gallon and I used that water to add to the 55 gallon. All of this stuff were in tanks within good parameters.
I believe the tank is cycled. I added all of those items/plants from previously stable tanks and I was feeding the tank 3 times daily for 3-4 days previously to that thread as instructions that I found online on a website I found on google. I was testing the water every 3 days for Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate and the Ph. There was a spike in ammonia then ammonia went down and nitrites raised then I kept adding food until they both bottomed out to nothing... now I test every 3-5 days and everything is perfect except for the high Ph but I don't think that has anything to do with it now that you all have posted something. What I believe is that it could have been the pair of pearl gouramis that the female looks big and the male keeps making bubbles and foam up on the top of the tank. I have seen them try to attack the barbs specifically when they would go to eat.
