No nitrites today. Ammonia color MIGHT have been a little lighter but it could be my imagination/wishful thinking. Continued evaporation to where I think I may have to top the water level off. Getting close to the submerge line on the heater.
it may have stalled due to such high ammonia and no seed bacteria to kick things off.
I suggest doing a 50% water change and see what happens. The ammonia will still be high enough to feed bacteria, but not so high as to cause potential issues.
I've cycled rock starting with about 14ppm of ammonia, but I also seeded it with established media, so it didn't stall, was slow at first, but didn't stall.
If at all possible you should see about getting some established gravel/rock or filter media/floss from somewhere to kick start it.
the bottled bacteria is very, very questionable as to whether it really helps much, getting stuff from an established and HEALTHY aquarium is much, much better.
also don't get into the habit of "topping off" the aquarium. while needed in salt water to maintain salinity, it is a bad habit in fresh water as it leads to increased dissolved solids (TDS) and can have catastrophic results over the long term, especially if using tap water.