66 gallon tank set up last week

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hello, I set up my tank last sunday I purchased a 66 gallon red sea reefer everythinbg looks great. The store owner told me to do a fish in cycle (thats how the owner tells me he does it. This is a very respectable and probably from what I have heard one of the best stores in so cal. I told him I heard it hurts the fish and he said no it doesn't at all. So I purchased a clown with his suggestion (I picked the snowflake) I know they are more expensive but im expecting everyhtinbg to be great for him.

my paramaters are
ph 7.8
ammonia 0-0.25
nitrite 0
nitrate 0'


is it just the waiting game now? & also i had people come by to check my tank yesterday and they said that the clownfish will not get along?? I have 2 storms in my other tank but its 13 gallons so I was planning on putting them all in here. I have a little quarintine box when i introduce them to the tank should I put them in that for a bit? any feed back good or bad will be appreciated! Thank you for your time
 

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Don't worry about Nitrite; that is a parameter relevant to fresh water.

I've always used a cocktail shrimp to cycle my tank.
 
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Don't worry about Nitrite; that is a parameter relevant to fresh water.

I've always used a cocktail shrimp to cycle my tank.
i forgot to menttion I put frits turbo 9000 in on monday
 
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i forgot to menttion I put frits turbo 9000 in on monday
so I tested today I have

0 ammonia
7.8 ph
nitrite 0

is my tank cycled then?? its only been a week but i did put the fritz turbo start in
 

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so I tested today I have

0 ammonia
7.8 ph
nitrite 0

is my tank cycled then?? its only been a week but i did put the fritz turbo start in
Whats the nitrate level? That determines if the tank is cycled.
 

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Generally speaking you add Organics (Food, Shrimp etc) till you see Ammonia, then you wait till the Ammonia Zero's out and you see NITRATE. That indicates the Tank is cycled. Nitrites only tell you IF the process is beginning, not complete.
 

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