I just started a 40g and put all live rock in it but everything was still reading 0 so I started ghost feeding to get my tank cycling. You need to cycle your tank to build up your biological filter. http://www.drsfostersmith.com/pic/article.cfm?aid=2303
In simple terms The food will cause your ammonia to spike which in turn will make your nitrites go up and then turn to nitrates.
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