new small tank question about cycle

[ijw]

I have just set up my aquapod 12. The rock I got was from an establised tank at the LFS. Do I need to do something that will send my tank into a harder cycle like a cocktail shrimp or should the new tank do a mini cycle since I am adding establised rock.

 

[Sk8r]

Drop a very few grains of fish food in daily until you get a nitrite reading. SOon you should see readings in your tests, and then no readings but 0, which means you now have bacteria enough to take a snail or two---go slowly at this point, and don't knock down the house of cards by overloading it. Proceed slowly to a fish. You should have your own test strips, your first test kit.

 

[ijw]

I bought a test kit. Tank is still a cloudy mess at the moment since I just set it up about an hour ago. So add a little fish food, when it breaks down then the cycle will start. Also the rock wasn't shipped as in ordering it from somewhere. It just made a 30 minute journey down the road. Don't know if that is relevent or not.