Great news everyone! Finally i'm getting a cyle!! I checked my reading last night and the ammonia is finally going down. It went down to .5 from 1 and my nitrites have spiked to about .5 as well. they have never been that high. Most people would not be happy when they saw nitrite readings but in my case after nearly 12 weeks its good to see a cycle starting to take place. I guess putting that biowheel in really did work, along with the pre-filled media bags in each filter. I've just got to keep up on the water changes now cause i know the nitrite is a lot more serious than the ammonia, though both are bad! I think i might have just been doing too much agitating to the tank, you know, the new tank owner jitters. Vac whenever you see dirt, rinse the filter whenever you see dirt, that type of stuff. I basically just gave up except for that biowheel and the media bags. I did nothing to the tank for the last two weeks except feed VERY SPARINGLY. I didn't even do water changes(bad i know). But it seems to have paid off for the better cause now i've got a cycle going. They weren't kidding when they tell you when just starting a tank to not touch anything, just let it go! ok, well, i have to change water now cause the nitrite is in the caution-stress zone so gotta get going. thanks again everyone!