Did I accidentally re cycle my tank?

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Hi all, I haven't been on here in a while!

Basically, I just got some zoa frags and a small paly colony (the only corals in this tank as of now. 10 gal.) Now, the colony is attached on this oyster shell like thing and it wouldn't stay put anywhere without my crab knocking it down and finding it on my sand bed every afternoon. I was putting it back in a more secure location and.......... uh oh. Knocked a rock down. (My scape has been structurally sound so far, what happened today I dont know.) So I had to slightly re-scape.
Did I screw myself? I plan on checking my nitrates etc. tomorrow to see if anything spiked. I know I shouldn't have moved things around but I had to to make sure that it wouldn't fall again. If I did re start a cycle, what should I do?
 
If a mini cycle started, don't worry about it, it will be very small and your tank will take care of it within a day or 2. A small water change wouldn't hurt though.
 
you should be just fine.

a great rule of thumb tho... The worst thing you can put in your tank are your hands!
minimize stresses and hands in the tank and all will be well
 

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