No cycle on tank transfer?

[ScubaSteve]

If you are using new sand and were very careful during your transfer, there would be very little die off. If you moved stuff over and tried to cycle with shrimp you're going to have a cycle and you may see something yet. Does the shrimp look decayed (if you can still find it)?

In all my transfers I've usually been able to have small, unnoticeable cycles... Until this last one that is. With my last transfer I made th smoothest, issue free transfer ever. No cycle for almost a week and then BAM! that tank cycled hard! I lost almost all of my showpiece SPS colonies. Why? No idea.

So, be wary of a delayed cycle. I'd wait one more week. If you aren't seeing nitrates, it probably hasn't cycled.