If you have no seeded media or old filters, Tetra Safestart has always worked for me.
pops - No offence taken we are discussing about experiences of what has worked in speeding up cycling and this had worked and the other techniques didn't do anything substancial.No offence meant, old water is just that, old water. The bacteria involved with cycling a tank live on a surface, not in the water. this why we use porous bio media. more surface area to cultivate them. again not meaning to offend or call any one out, just a FYI that old fish water not do anything.
Thanks!Filter media from another tank and some water. I also wait about two weeks before wc. Never had ammonia and it didn't cycle.
haha this being lazy? 2 months, sheesh.to start from scratch I am lazy, bagged raw shelled jumbo shrimp, turn the filters on and walk away. change 50 percent water once a week, by 6 weeks everything is starting to click by week 8 time to remove the shrimp change the water and add fish.