For what its worth, I put dry rock and live sand in my tank, then added a bottle of Bio Spira bacteria (Dr. Tims would work too) and then I just ghost fed my tank as if there were fish. I tested daily for two weeks and never had detectable ammonia or nitrite, only nitrates. They topped out at 2 and held steady for a few days and then I added a few snails, crabs, pods and a pair of clowns and havent looked back. I continued to test daily for a month after adding the first live stock and they were still undetectable. Many aquariums and public exhibits do it this way because they are under time constraints. I suggest searching for a few videos of Dr. Tim.
Anyone doing a water change soon
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