Nitro Cycle

[Bigjula]

I've got a 15g tank, I'm 19 days in, no ammonia no nitrites. Got some vallis from the lfs on day 2 and 3 mollies on day 5. Bogwood on day 10. Didn't get my test kit untill 3 days ago (hopeless online company). It hasn't got a nitrAte test. So I don't know if I've cycled yet?
P.S. Fish are happy and active.
Could the bogwood and vallis have been well seeded giving me a quick cycle?

 

[tstenback]

without having the previous readings it is hard to say. Also without the nitrate reading it is even harder to say. How many plants did you put in your tank? Are the mollies active, eating, doing molly things ? How often are you feeding? these answers will help us guess but the best thing would be to take a sample of your water to the LFS and ask them if they could do a nitrate test for you and post the results back here. However, even with that it would be a guess because the plants and bogwood would have had some good bacteria with them. We will do our best to advise you once we get the reading for the nitrates. In a 15 gallon 3 adult mollies should have caused something to happen but the bacteria brought in on the plants and bogwood may have looked after that. HTH