I did all the above.

put soil in cups waterd until water driped from the drain hole. used a tooth pick to make a whole for my seeds. (did this to 4 cups for 4 seeds) then i put the seed in (last time i didn't germ until tap root show just germed 24hours after they sank no tap root was exposed)the soil and sprinkle a lil more dirt ontop and then i waterd half as much the first time. then i put them in my box and turned on the lights. 24 hours later i open the box and there is nothing but perlite on the top surface of the soil. i didn't do anything to it then i just sprayed them with about an oz or 2 of water and put back under light and did this for 5 days. then i took a tooth pick and removed some of the perlite off the top of the soil. and waterd like reg and put back under the lights. 2 days later im still nothing so i dig about an inch (cm at a time) to look for the seed and i can't find the fucking thing. *was lookign to see if a root system was even goin to get startyed) so then i give a couple more days and nothing. im thinking im just goin to buy some new soil add less perlite less lime and give her another go. anything else i can do? shouldi always wait for a tap root to emerge from seed?