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Hello all. I feel you all are going to get tired of my questions lol but I'd rather it come from experienced hobbiests then Google or an uneducated source. Anyways, today marks day 19 of my new tank. 75g stocked with LR, LS, mixed our own water with a reverse osmosis RO/DI unit (whatever that is....looked like a water purifier thing to me) then after 7 days we added some hermits, snails and peppermint shrimp. (All doing well) I am not feeding them anything because I had quite the aiptasia problem but the peppermint shrimp took care of that. I'm still not feeding them because I have now for about 6 days had diatoms coving my sand floor and rock. Also have green hair algae. So here's my question, I was told this is the nitrogen cycle of my tank. I tested the water with an API SALTWATER MASTER TEST KIT. This is what my readings are PH=8.4 Ammonia=0ppm Nitrite= 0ppm Nitrate 5-10ppm. So with this being said, does this mean the cycle has completed? Seems pretty early. But I still have diatoms. I'm in no rush to add anything, just curious if this could still be the beginning or if it was finished.