The chap on the other forum has now written a method for his new fishless cycling process. It goes into more detail that the outline he gave before. Anyone trying this method to see what happens should follow this:
Definitions:
The ‘full’ dose is the amount of ammonia needed to get a reading of 3ppm
The ‘maintenance’ dose is one third of the ‘full’ dose.
1. Set up the tank and let it run for 24 hours while the water heats up to the high 20s C
2. Add enough ammonia to get a reading of 3ppm. Measure it after 30 mins (to allow it to mix in) and check. This 3ppm dose is the ‘full’ dose amount.
3. Test for ammonia and nitrite every third day
4. When you see the ammonia reading under 0.75ppm and a nitrite reading over 2.0ppm, add the the ‘full’ dose of ammonia
5. Start testing for ammonia and nitrite every other day
6. When you get two consecutive readings of zero for ammonia add the 'maintenance' dose of ammonia (that is, one third of the amount you added initially)
7. From now on, whenever the ammonia reading is under 0.25ppm
and nitrite is under 1.0ppm add a ‘full’ dose of ammonia
8. Test after 24 hours. If both ammonia and nitrite are zero, the cycle is finished. If they are not zero, continue testing every day. When the readings drop to under 0.25ppm ammonia and 1.0ppm nitrite, add another ‘full’ dose of ammonia. Test again after 24 hours.
9. Repeat this adding and testing until both ammonia and nitrite read zero at the 24 hour test.
10. Do a large water change, adjust the temperature to that required by your chosen fish, and buy the fish. If you can’t get fish straight away, add the ‘maintenance’ dose every 3 days.
If you have 9.5% ammonia, you will need 0.3ml ammonia solution for every 10 litres of water in your tank. But because any given bottle of ammonia may be over 9.5%, or because your water volume may be a lot less than the quoted tank volume, I suggest adding half that amount and topping up if necessary to get 3ppm. Remember to make a note of how much ammonia you actually add. A syringe is useful for measuring small amounts.
Edited for use of the opposite word to what I meant
IMPORTANT EDIT FOR ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE USING THIS METHOD BY 27 JULY 2013!!!!!In point 1. above, I said heat the water to the high 30S. It should have said the high 20s. It is now altered. Appologies