I'm not planning on adding any part of a cleanup crew for at least two weeks yet, regardless of my parameters. I'm just a little wary about the potential of *not* seeing an ammonia, nitrite, or nitrate spike that would let me know about the cycling in general. As I mentioned, I wasn't able to pick up a test kit for almost five whole days of running my aquarium so seeing safe levels of ammonium and nitrite set me on edge - which is why I updated with the question.
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