Ok, finally some results, and good news!!!!!!
The pH tested same, 7.9-8.0
Temp is 82.7 on a digital thermometer
Ammoina is at 2 ppm, I cut the sample in half with RO/DI water and got 1 ppm so that's confirmed, it's dropping
Nitrite is at 0.25 ppm
Nitrate is at 10 ppm
Now the Nitrates originally tested at 5 ppm, but I took the tube home and by that time it was 10 ppm, so I don't think the Nitrite->Nitrate bacteria are fully formed, and whatever was there in the seed could have died off, or whatever. The good news is that Nitrites are starting to rise, which means the surfactants were not the bacteria-killing kind.
Going to wait until tomorrow or Friday to dose with Ammonia again, just to be safe, I want to make sure it drops to or below 1 ppm before adding any more.
Also, even though the lights are off, I noticed some brown discoloration on the sand bed, I'm guessing from just ambient light, some brown diatom algae is starting to form. I might consider blacking out the tank to keep this at bay.
I've got a buyer for a bunch of my live plants in my 10 and 55 at home, and whatever else doesn't sell (I have way too many Vals and Asian Marshweed) will go in the tank, and I might toss in a couple root tabs underneath them to help. Hopefully those will help keep the algae at bay also, since they're both fast growers. Just need to replace the 10,000K bulbs with plant-friendly ones. Also, once the cycle is finished, I'm going to loan out a few of my hundreds of swordtail fry to keep the tank going until he's ready to stock it.
Anyone have a reputable online Cichlid site they can refer me/him to?