couple weeks enough?

[yellowtail]

i am getting a 20 gallon frag tank and i will cycle it with about .5 inches of ls(does this sound alright?) and around 15 lbs lr.after the cycle is finished and parameters are stable (no ite,very litlle if any nitrate, no amm ph around 8.2) could i wait like 3 weeks until i add some zoo's frags(i WONT have any fish but i will have a clean up crew). thanks:jumping:

 

[moray345]

i would probably go 1 month just to be safe

 

[the josey wales]

I just started a couple smaller tanks as well, I used established lr/ls from my fuge.
In one tank I placed a "combo rock" that i made from a large zoo colony and some loose shrooms in my dt.
I placed that rock 3 days after I set up the tank.
I ran charcoal during those 3 days.
The rock is doing great, shrooms attached in 2 days.
I'm pretty amature/experimental, but I am starting to believe cycle length should be determined by stock.
It is my curent experance that you could instal zoos'quickly.

 

[golfish]

if it were me I'd add a small fish just to help out with feeding the corals...

 

[yellowtail]

curious,
how would it help feed the coral and i though low bioload would be good?