Hello!
It doesn't sound like you are doing anything wrong. Are your fish happy and healthy? Cycling takes a while...I believe it was about 6 weeks before my most recent tank was cycled, and I cycled it with a couple danios. You may be slowing it down with the daily water changes. The good bacteria needs a source of food (ammonia), and if you are removing it daily, then it will take awhile for the good bacteria to populate. You should start to see a rise in Nitrites soon, the Nitrates should follow. Maybe you could do an every other day water change, as long as your fish are able to tolerate the ammonia....check your paramaters and make sure the ammonia isn't off the charts, if you decide to do that....
Don't give up! Next to fish getting sick, I think cycling a tank is one of the worst parts of fish keeping.
Hope this helps.
