Cycling issue

[asylumdown]

Are you adding any sort of an ammonia source for the cycle? Putting rock that's been purged of all it's organics in to salty water won't cycle it. The cycle requires a source of ammonia (and if you want to speed it up, a source of organic carbon) to get the bacterial populations established. Trying to cycle without an ammonia source is like trying to grow a forest in a desert.