A very common thing in the beginning is to get very nervous around this time. Folks get worried because the FG they were told doesn't come or it hasn't happened in the "4-6 days" the beer kits promise before transferring to a secondary. Then the panic sets in and guys start tinkering too much.
First off, just relax. Have a beer. Now, contrary to what all the kits say and what you may read, most of us do not wait for a magic number to come in a set number of days. Most of us do not bother with the secondary fermenters at all. Rather than worry over your beer on a day to day basis, let it sit for a while. One week is way too short to start moving the beer around. Even if the "magic FG number" comes, there is a bunch of subtle clean up the yeast still need to do, and they can do that work in the primary fermenter.
Many of us give this advice each week, and I've given this advice 3 times today on other threads. Not to say we are annoyed, rather to make the point that it is common to worry and this advice usually helps.
Leave your beer in the primary for 2-3 weeks. I do 3 weeks myself.
Then take a gravity reading. If your FG is the same for 3 days in a row, then you are safe to proceed to bottling. There is no magic number. You will have an estimated FG, but your beer may finish higher or lower. 1 or 2 points means nothing. If you are off by 10 points then come ask us what to do next.
Forget the secondary for now. Maybe in the future, you might make some specific beers that benefit form a secondary, like a fruit beer. If you have a carboy, add some pretty marbles to it and put it on your mantlepiece. Maybe collect your loose change in it. When it gets filled, go to Vegas and let it ride.
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