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I’ve just recently started cycling my 75 gallon tank, and as much as I don’t like to admit it, this is the first time I’ve properly done this. For the previous three tanks, I threw in the sand and live rock, waited 2-3 weeks without testing, then tossed in some fish and coral. All three have been successful, but I wanted to do it right this time. I started this tank on January 4 of this year with about 40lbs of Real Reef Rock and 80 lbs of caribsea live sand. As of tomorrow, it will be three weeks that it has been cycling. I have tested numerous times over these past three weeks, and I have yet to see any ammonia, nitrites, or nitrates. 6 days ago, I put a raw frozen table shrimp in a mesh bag and put it in, it has been breaking down, but it hasn't produced any ammonia or anything either. Should I add another shrimp? Yesterday, I added about six pounds of live rock from the sump of one of my other already established tanks. I don't really want to go buy ammonia or anything like that. I don't know if this would make a difference or not, but my lfs has had the rock sitting in a tank for quite a while now before I bought any of it, so its not like any bacteria would have been killed from being put in boxes and shipped to me.