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That should help significantly. Don't be too worried if you don't detect Nitrites. If you have some beneficial bacteria now, Nitrites could be turned into Nitrates faster than test kits can pick up. As long as you see Ammonia reducing and Nitrates increasing, you are on the right track. What temp have you set the water to?

Currently 23 days and i've only got ammonia and nitrates. No nitrites as of yet. I can't find anything on the packing to help with cycling this media , doesn't seem to be any instructions. Starting using the filter booster but i have taken a seeded sponge filter from one of my fish tanks to hopefully help cycle and push things along . Just hope in the next couple of days i see some nitrites. I didn't using anything from a previous tank before today. I've just recently add a sponge filter that's been in a fish tank for over 6 months. Thank you, I've put in another sponge filter from a fish tank that's been established for over a year . I'm hoping this should do the trick and i should start seeing some nitrites coming through. Just to get some more bacteria in there as well i also just squeezed another filter into the tank to help.

APi master test kit arrived and showing pretty much the same. Ammonia 4ppm+ / 0 nitrites / 5/10 nitrates

Have you got the new ammonia test kit yet?

Ammonia hasn't really decreased since the start. Always showing above 4ppm but i do have some nitrates showing around 5/10ppm. I'm going to leave it till the end of the month and i think if i dont see a decrease in ammonia i'll do a large water change ? Temp is around 23-24.

The best method is to get the gunk from an existing filter media and pour it into the new tank you are intending on cycling. Instant seeding of beneficial bacteria. If you don't have access to a mature filter media, than have a read of this post here ... I offer additional tips at the end of this post that will provide the best conditions for beneficial bacteria growth.