I have cycled my tank with 200 lbs of live rock and 320 lbs of live sand only took 2 weeks :D All reading are back to 0 except ammonia which looks to be between 0 and .12 not sure if that is terrible. Just placed 60lbs of miracle mud in fuge recommendation for 300 gallon tank and in 2 days or so will start to grow some chaeto algae. So my question is after I let the algae grow in the tank for about a week or so can I start placing fish or corals? Is there anything else of note that I have to let happen? Also I figured it would be a good Idea to not run a skimmer for the first two months to allow the different organisms develop freely any pro's and cons to this idea? I also do not plan on running lights until get the fish and corals.