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I used four medium sized shrimp to cycle my 92G ........between the shrimp and a filter I had on another tank for a few months.........they cycled my tank in just over 2 weeks.
If you don't want to use shrimp, get some pure ammonia and use it instead. It doesn't smell the way rotting shrimp does and you don't have to wait for the shrimp to rot to start the cycle.