I don't know anyone local to me that has any filter media, l am getting a bit confused as when l bought my old small tank l was told to set it up, wait two weeks and then put fish in, that is exactly what l did, l did not know about fish forums, fishless cycles etc. Also looking back what was l cycling just an empty tank? So l then went out and bought some fish and put them in, did water changes, and slowly added to the numbers luckily no fished died.
Tank number two l have a bit more info but not that much l fill up the tank, l get filter all set up and add nutrofin cycle following the instructions, l have squeezed out my filter into the new tank, but its only a small filter, l have also added fish food to try and kick start things.
I just dont know what else l should do, am l on the right track l dont want to harm my fish.