Cycling without LR?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Keen

That depends on a few things. what are you using for base rock? are you using rock from the ocean? or are you using something like concrete formed rocks?

The question is should Jess start adding nutrients to "pre-cycle" the tank before receiving the shipment of rock. The answer to this is no, unless the shipment of rock is a couple of pounds. Anything more than that, and the die off from the rock added will cause a whole new cycle and negate any effect the original "pre-cycle" had.
Wait for your rock, add it to the tank, and the die off from this will fuel the cycle. Once you no longer detect NH3/NO2, you can start adding (lightly) to the bio-load.