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Originally Posted by der_wille_zur_macht
"Cycled" means stable and with enough bacteria to consume the ammonia waste in your system. It's hard to answer that when the rock has only been in the system for a day. Does it look clean? Was it exposed to air or otherwise likely to have a lot of die-off?
Clean rock without a lot of live/dead crud or waste on it, which is kept in properly maintained water, can certainly be "cycled" without waiting any time at all in a new system. Dirty live rock caked with waste or dead algae/whatever that's been mishandled or shipped across the country may test out the same on day one, but after a day or two you may see a spike that lasts a few weeks as things settle down.
So, you really have to let us know how the rock looks and how it was handled. Or, wait a few days and test again.
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Rock is really clean. They person I bought it of said it had been in their vat for at least 6 weeks. And I bought it home in water. About 40 min drive. The other pieces were shipped in some waters and we're delivered next day via courier.