First time reef keeping need help

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So basically my reef tank has been cycled for around 3 weeks without a fish. I went to vacation thats why i couldn't start adding fish yet but im considering adding this week.
Last week i added a small chunk of shrimp meat before leaving the house just for some amonia source to keep my bacterias alive. I went back home a week later and checked my water parameters and here are the results provided in the image.
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Let me know if my cycling stalled or still going well.
 
I have perused all eight of your threads which continue asking the same thing.

In looking at your test kit results, I don’t trust your pH or your ammonia results. You were advised to get different test kits. Is there a LFS that can do test for you.

In all of your test, nitrate has shown up. This means that you have bacteria that have processed both ammonia & nitrite into nitrate.

ITS TIME TO ADD LIVESTOCK.
 
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IF YOU HAD TO OPERATE EVERYTHING ELSE MANUALLY, WHICH AUTOMATED SYSTEM WOULD YOU KEEP?

  • Auto top-off

    Votes: 62 57.4%
  • Automated dosing

    Votes: 7 6.5%
  • Mechanical filtration / roller filter

    Votes: 4 3.7%
  • Automated water testing

    Votes: 3 2.8%
  • Automatic feeding

    Votes: 1 0.9%
  • Lighting schedule

    Votes: 21 19.4%
  • Controller and remote monitoring

    Votes: 4 3.7%
  • Leak detection and emergency shutoff

    Votes: 2 1.9%
  • Automatic water changes

    Votes: 3 2.8%
  • None. I prefer to operate everything manually

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Something else (explain in the comments)

    Votes: 1 0.9%
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