Spike my Cycle?

[rk4435]

I have the 90 gallon up and running with live sand, 53 pounds of live rock from retailers and another 7 or 8 pounds from my existing tanks. I threw a used filter pad in from another tank two days ago and I still have no ammonia showing. Overall, the system has been running for 5 days, I did have to turn the pump off a few times to fix plumbing problems but the rock has had flow on it continuously with power heads.

Any suggestions to help get the ball rolling?
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[tbub1221]

There should be enough bacteria in the rock to get you going , if wanting to get it going a cocktale shrimp will do the trick , but I'm not entirely sure that's really necessary .
You may be ok to just let it cycle , typically for me with the appropriate amount of rock and sand its about 3 weeks or maybe less when I see diatom algae starting to grow I'm close to there.

 

[jennm]

IMO you don't need to foul the water. Just let it be, wait for the diatom bloom.

Jenn