Shrimp cycle 12 days

[Jp_esp]

I've been cycle my 90 gallon tank with 80lb of dead sand and 100lb of dead rock for 12 days. Seems to be moving along quickly. I've done a couple of test and seems I've already has a spike in ammonia and have high nitrite.
Temp 78
No lights or skimmer
Running refugium 20l with sock and a mag 9.5 for return
Gyre 130 for flow
Let me know what you guys think of cycle so far
Start April 16
Test done April 24
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x13/JPESPADAS/A98FB2DB-D113-4C78-94BA-C640B7437987.jpg (http://s185.photobucket.com/user/JPESPADAS/media/A98FB2DB-D113-4C78-94BA-C640B7437987.jpg.html)
Following test Saturday april 25
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x13/JPESPADAS/372E9D9C-BD62-4371-8FC5-88B71ECB671D.jpg (http://s185.photobucket.com/user/JPESPADAS/media/372E9D9C-BD62-4371-8FC5-88B71ECB671D.jpg.html)
Seems my ammonia levels are coming down. Anything else I should be doing?
Here's the tank
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x13/JPESPADAS/39F7B036-A179-4496-997A-AD94A4230A5B.jpg (http://s185.photobucket.com/user/JPESPADAS/media/39F7B036-A179-4496-997A-AD94A4230A5B.jpg.html)

[BigCountry74]

nice job gonna be a gre

[jminick2]

Seems pretty routine. Nice looking tank.

[Dkuhlmann]

Yep moving right along. I would consider removing that shrimp now :D then ghost feed fish food.

[Mythicalelf]

Best thing ot do is to wait.

[Jp_esp]

Yep moving right along. I would consider removing that shrimp now :D then ghost feed fish food.

I'll be doing that in the next few days.

[Jp_esp]

Best thing ot do is to wait.

Yes, just seems the cycle is moving quickly, seen other people take 3-4 weeks to see the levels Im at.

[Mythicalelf]

Each tank cycles differently. Mine was reading all 0s at the end of 3 weeks but still waited a couple more before adding anything else. When it reached 0 I just fed the tank what I would be feeding it on a daily basis while waiting for fish to get out of the QT.

[Jp_esp]

Yep moving right along. I would consider removing that shrimp now :D then ghost feed fish food.
Ghost feeding would be once a day? Also how often do I test?

[Sk8r]

Once a day before and continued AFTER the appearance of ammonia. Pretty well if the ammonia disappears and further feeding cannot provoke it, you are ready for crabs and snails.

[jminick2]

you can ghost feed if you want daily but contrary to popular belief it is not needed at all, once a week is more than enough. You are just creating more ammonia to be converted, when you already had a good spike as is.

[Dkuhlmann]

Sk8r hit the nail on the head :thumbsup:

[Jp_esp]

Once a day before and continued AFTER the appearance of ammonia. Pretty well if the ammonia disappears and further feeding cannot provoke it, you are ready for crabs and snails.
Thanks