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Start the cycle the day you leave, As it usually takes around a week for the ammonia to return to 0 the first time it's added.
 
Sounds like you've had a visit from Murphy LOL (Murphy's Law). Don't see why you can't start a fishless cycle before you go away and continue when you return.
 
If you add maybe 6-7ppm of ammonia before you go it might work>???...
 

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