Originally Posted by Lyrae

Chase, half the problem is your inability to write whole sentences and explain things from your point of view. I really don't know if you are only 10 years old or if you are just too lazy to write whole sentences.

I've read many posts you write here, and in almost everyone I see half thoughts just left hanging, or you switching thoughts midsentence. It is incredibly confusing to read the stuff you write.

Also, you have to understand that there is a real problem that most new fishkeepers experience, and that is impatience. I read on a weekly basis a post by some random new keeper about whatever is wrong with their tank. They get very good advice from experienced keepers which almost always revolves around two main themes:
1) The solution takes time, patience, and detailed observation.
2) The situation should be ended immediately.

And a lot of new people have the same responce of "Well I want it my way and I want it now and i don't want to hear differently about it." Its incredibly frustrating to see people respond like that.

You have got to calm down and take peoples advice. Instead of saying that you can't do something, you have got to ask how to accomplish whatever it is you view as a reason it cannot be done the way it was suggested.

People mostly want to know of you are doing daily 50% water changes for the health of your fish and aren't attacking you for it. Not every question is an insult.

As to your question about your cycle. There is no way to know how long until a cycle is done based purely on one set of numbers. Temperature of the tank, pH, bioload, source of bacteria, and tank size all play a significant factor.

My fiance started my obsession with fishkeeping and didn't feel like doing the water changes after the 3rd day. So I took over and she was helping with the water conditioners. Turns out, she was only dosing as if our water contained only chlorine and not chloramines, so it took 3 months for her tank to cycle. I setup a 14 gallon with a fishless cycle and it took 3 weeks. Recently i had to setup a 10G temporarily to hold guppies as they grew too big for my 14G (I have about 50 guppies total due to a surprise second spawning). I used a piece of media i had wrapped around my intake on my 14 and cycled in 2 days because the bioload is way too much for that tank i had a large colony of bacteria already on the filter floss. I have a 15G that went through a silent cycle because there is a betta, 2 juvy guppies, a siamese algea eater and probably 30 plants.

So it all depends on your specific setup as to how long it will be until your are cycled.