ammonia for fishless cycle HELP!

[rosie]

I just set up my new 55 gallon tank with a cannister filter. I read about fishless cycling and have been doing this for one week. I added ammonia to spike BUT I USED ONE WITH SURFECANTS! Now I read after the fact that I should not have. What do I do now? My many gold fish are awaiting their new home.

[AngelMom]

Drain the tank, clean everything thoroughly (no soap), replace all filter media, and start over with pure ammonia.

[rosie]

Thank you so much. Yesterday I tore everything down, washed in a dilulted bleach and then rinsed in treated (chlorine remover) and then rinsed again and re set up. I put in Biospira and one little goldfish. He lived overnight and now my readings today 24 hours later are a bit less than 20 Nitrate, 0 Niotrite, 75 GH, 40 KH, 6.3 ph.

He is eating and swimming happily. When can I start to add another fish - my goldfish in the 20 gallon tank? I will add more BioSpira at the same time. Thanks again.