Just because you have been doing something for 15 years doesn’t discount the literal hundreds of posts on this forum that cycled in a week or less using the most current cycling science. You are right but you also are giving outdated information and not the most efficient way. You could argue leaving a tank to cycle for a year is better than 6 months which is better than 3 which is better than 1. Where do you draw the line and put the fish in? For most people it’s ASAP and that is how cycling is geared these days and it works. I’m not accounting for bio layer on the rock and problems with algae,cyano,dinos because op needs to look up more info and be aware of what causes these and how to mitigate them. All I am accounting for, and so is everyone else, is ammonia conversion. That doesn’t take months to build it up, indisputable fact.
feel free to message me about how dosing bacteria throws off the tank balance when done properly (tbh not exactly sure what you mean by this since you still didn’t specify) and to explain any of the other stuff if you really want but your not going to be able to provide enough of a response to refute all of the cycling info that is on this forum. What I have said so far isn’t my opinion it is the conclusion of lots of data gathered by all of the people on this site. I have also cycled my dt, coral qt both in a week and cycled my fish qt 3 times in 1-2 weeks over the last 6 months using the methods of people like brandon249 and others so I’m not talking out of my butt here.
