Yes I've been cycling water in and out from both tap water and water from my old 46 gallon fish tank. I put in my filter from my 46 gallon just so it can also have good nutrients in it.
That's not what "cycled" means. Cycling is the process of growing bacteria in the filter which will process the ammonia produced by fish, into nitrite, then into nitrate - ie the nitrogen cycle. Nitrate isn't poisonous to most fish at lower levels. What RZayneC refers to as silent cycling is whereby you have enough live plants in the aquarium that will absorb all the ammonia and nitrite and nitrate in the tank - IMHO this is not something that a beginner really wants to attempt (one day, I will). (Therefore both RZayneC and Balajake are right in their own ways).
What Cezza asked you was whether your filter had those bacteria in. You said above that you put the filter from your 46 gallon in - does this 46g tank have fish in it, or if not, when was the last time it did?
