New tank cycling?

[hsmitty]

Hi guys I've set up a new tank last week. I had put some fish in it as I needed to separate fish from another tank. I'm still fairly new at this and I noticed over the last week that the ph has stayed around 6.4 I've read that with a ph that low the tank wouldn't cycle. I noticed I have a bacterial bloom but for the past week my ammonia nitrite and nitrate are all reading 0. I would assume with fish waste and food being in it there would be some ammonia. 

 

My question is will a tank cycle with 6.4 ph and is it possible my tank is already cycled. I did take a sponge filter from my old tank as well as some plants not sure if that would speed up the process.

[hsmitty]

[Andy's Fish Den]

By using a sponge filter from an established tank, the tank most likely cycled very quickly, or there wasn't even one. I keep extra sponge filters in several tanks so that I can quickly set up a tank for quarantine, or some other reason, and never have had problems with losing fish due to ammonia or nitrite. 

[hsmitty]

Okay so would you think it would be fine to start stocking the tank some more? Or should I still wait a few weeks.

[hsmitty]

Transfer from my other tank and then down the road get some new ones. I have a pelco in my old tank I was looking to move over