Still no nitrite spike! Normal?

[njnauticalnut]

I am cycling a new 75 gallon tank fishless. I originally just added amonia every day, then after 10 days I added bacteria starter and then I added a filter sponge from my current tank. Still adding amonia. It has been 2 weeks and 4 days and I consistently have a reading of 6ppm amonia and 0 nitrite.

Is there anything I can so to help speed this cycle up? Maybe a better question is, will it eventually cycle?

I have never done a fishless cycle before so this is new to me. I have heard so many people say how quickly their tank cycled and I wanted to see if there are other folks whose tank took a long time to cycle fishless.

I am patient, but am concerned nothing is happening in there. Would it help if I turned up the heater or turned off the filters?

Thanks.

 

[Wolf]

I'm just about finished cycling my tank, and it took 3 weeks + a few days for my nitrite to appear.. first day it appeared it was 1.. day after that it was 5+