What ammonia source are you using to cycle, fish food? You should be using ammonium chloride, so you can accurately dose to 2ppm ammonia! Dr. Tim’s ammonia is the most recommended one, since it’s the easiest to dose! Here’s another link for Fritz ammonia powder just for example! Cycling with fish food (sorry I’m making assumptions here) is not an accurate way to cycle! It’s inefficient and super messy. Here is an excellent Cycling Guide for you as well! Hope this helped! :)