KimKissyFish, my tank took two months to cycle. The reason for this is after the first month, i ended up taking out all my CC and replacing it with a DSB. and i ended up adding live rock thought the first 6 weeks.
So in reality, i am not sure how long the tank took to cycle, then recycle, and finally finish it cycle. but it stood with the same water for 2 months.
Peppy, thats cool that we are in the same situation. I am going to get salt water from my LFS because i hope they have let it sit around for a week or so. Less of a headache on me with mixing salt and making sure its all absorbed in the water. I just hope they arnt skimping on quality water and quality salt. I am not sure on the price yet, but i will try it out for a little while, and if i find it makes my tank look prettier and less of an algae/diatom problem, i will probably look into investing in my own RO/DI water.
fshhub, yes, my tank has had completed its cycle, and i probably put too many things too quickly. I just hope it will all survive over the next few weeks. I do have to do some rearanging to get that crab/shrimp/lobster (whaterver that thing is) out of my tank, so i hope stirring it around alot isnt going to hurt the cycling. I also plan on adding another 20# of LS while some of the rock is moved out of the way. I figure my first batch of LS didnt make it 100%, but since my tank is now fully cycled, any LS will have a better chance of making it.