Fishless Aquariums

For the aquarium project, I read up on cycling aquariums which traditionally was done with hardy fish such as danios as they could withstand the fluctuations in water quality as the bacterial colonies were growing in numbers large enough to process all the wastes and then the by-products of that breakdown. New methods do fishless cycling which apparently is faster and less stressful on the fish you would have otherwise used. It also means you're not stuck with some hardy fish you don't want nor would you kill any from the ordeal! How to do this? The best method is to use pure ammonia methodically placed into a running tank. At the same time, water measurements must be done to determine when the levels of ammonia, and nitrite have peaked and dropped to zero despite continuing to add the prescribed amount of ammonia. This signifies that the different bacteria are doing their magic and that you have enough bacteria to process x amount of ammonia (fish waste) from y amount of fish. That's the rundown.

Efficient and humane! =D