When should my tank produce ammonia...

[marvinsae]

so i just started my tank about a week ago and i added the live sand on the first day. however i didnt have any rock yet. a few days later i was able to purchase some rock and i've put in about 40 lbs all together. i was wondering how long it would take to get the cycling process going? its been almost a week since i started. should i add a damsel or some raw cocktail shrimp?

[marvinsae]

or is it because i introduced cured LR? i read somewhere that if you put in your cured LR then you don't have to cycle your tank...
also i purchased the LR for a LFS so there wasn't much time for die off

[bignose]

it should start soon if there is some dead critters in the rocks.

[Jason McK]

you may want to add something that would produce waste. I prefer the raw cocktail shrimp over a fish. The decay of the shrimp will cause an the nitrogen cycle to start

J