Here let me give you more perspective on this. I’m using the fish less cycle to cycle live rock so everything is ready for my tank when I get home and finish my basement. I’m also using Dr.Tim’s, the fish less cycle where you just add the ammonia from the bottle, my girlfriend is the one that’s been setting this stuff up and moving everything around (I’m out of the country), but this is day 6 of the fish less cycle. Cheap test kits I know, however I only use the API for ammonia and nitrite because they are accurate enough for their purpose otherwise I tend to use salifert kits. You’re never really gonna use them again after the initial setup anyways. Look how much higher your ammonia test would have been if you did it this way. It would most certainly kill fish.