I cycled my tank wrong help!

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TheLanaBear

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Hey guys I made a dumb mistake when cycling my fishless aquarium. I ran to the store and brought some ammonia to help kickstart my cycle and added 15 drops of it into my 36 gallon tank yesterday. I made sure the ingredients just had ammonia but of course there is the soap additive that I did not know about. I shook the bottle and sure enough it started foaming at the top. Are my plants going to be Ok and should I do a 100% water change? I am very glad there are no fish in the tank but will this still setback my cycle?
 
Drain the tank. Remove everything, including decorations, substrate, filter media etc. Rinse, rinse, rinse some more. Set everything back up again and start over.
 
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