Cycling my 1.5 gallon tank

Question
Hi, I am in the process of cycling my 1.5 gallon tank.  I am planning on getting 2 african dwarf frogs after the tank is cycled.  I started cycling it on June 28 and started doing water tests on July 2.  I test for nitrate, nitrite, hardness, alkalinity, ph, and ammonia every other day.  I tested the water today and here are the parameters (a lot of the results were inbetween colors):
nitrate - 20-40
nitrite - < 10 (going off the scale)
hardness - 25
alkalinity - 180-200
ph - 8.4
ammonia - .25-.5

I am doing a fishless cycle.  I am feeding the tank 4 pellets of HBH frog and tadpole bites every day. The tank has a nano filter hooked up and running, and it has a heater set at 88 degrees. The water is also dechlorified. I read that a higher temperature is better for the bacteria to breed and shortens the cycle time.  I put the tank on top of my dresser to keep my 2 cats away from it.  My dresser is right near my bedroom door, and the vent is directly above the door.  This causes the water in the tank to evaporate quite quickly.  I have to replace the 2 or 3 inches of water that evaporated every 3 or 4 days.  I dechlorify that water also.  

My question is:  since all this water is being evaporated and I keep having to replenish the tank, is this lengthening the cycle time?  And I have read that once I have .5 ppm of ammonia that I have to cut the amount of food I`m feeding the tank in half, so I would only be feeding the tank 2 pellets a day.  Is this what I am supposed to be doing?


Thank you so much for reading this very long question!!
BTW I am 15 and have NO experience with tanks.  If you would be so kind as to give the most non-complicated answer possible, I would greatly appreciate it.  I have visited some websites about cycling and they were just too confusing!!


Answer
Hello. I suggest you find someplace else to put your tank because I have a feeling that changing the water will slow down the cycleing although I am not quite sure. You do not have to reduce the amount of food if it is being eaten. If you feed them and they don't eat it all take the rest out of the tank. If you don't tank the rest out the food will create ammonia. Tell me if you have anymore questions.
Corinna