My first spike didn't come until the tank had been cycling for about 2-3 weeks. It's a whole lot of "hurry up and wait."
I thankfully recovered from my Diatom bloom, and my algae bloom's!! I just got to add my first two fish (clownfish) this past weekend!! Also, apparently I under stocked my cleanup crew, so now I have 127 new cleanup crew on the way (which is sadly still way less than I need!!) Looking at adding a Sand Sifting Starfish, and 5 Banggai Cardinal's next month!!