When should I add a clean up crew?

Wasdal052

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36 gallon tank. Live rock and no coral. The tank has been cycling for 16 days. I’m beginning to see algae on the live rocks and on the sand (before I did my first water change/gravel siphon two days ago). Nitrates and nitrites are still pretty high.
I should wait until those levels fall to zero with ghost feeding before adding a clean up crew, right? Despite the algae growth?
 
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