Please don't shoot the messenger:
I have serious doubts it is cycled. What did you do to provide a source of ammonia to kick the cycle? Some people add a product like Dr. Tim's One & Only to accelerate the cycle process, and that method requires a fish or a few drops of pharmacy grade ammonia (not house hold ammonia with all kinds of junk added). The other accepted method is to toss in a small pealed shrimp from the grocer. The first is faster and never stinks up the house. You haven't cycled unless you have had an ammonia / nitrogen compounds spike. This is because this spike leads the bacteria growth which corrects the chemistry that was the spike. The Dr. Tim's method is often so fast and effective you never catch the spike. I cycled my tank that way a long time ago. Then, after that eco process has happened, when your ammonia and nitrogen compounds are not-detectable you have cycled.
Sorry, but there is more news you are going to enjoy about as much. You really need about 10 times that much living rock in your tank. That can start as base rock (dried out living rock) to save money now that you have some real LR. If you do achieve a cycle in your tank you still do not have enough "housing space" to harbor enough bacteria to handle your tank's future life forms.
Do not despair, nothing in this hobby is fast, and unfortunately not much is inexpensive. As for the nothing is fast, when you stop and think about it that is exactly one of the reasons for a reef tank... to help us maintain a grip on reality in our fast paced crazzzzy world. Another reason is to have a hobby that is relaxing.. so .. relax.. slow down and smell the sea water.
There are a thousand things you can and will be doing over the next few weeks as you prepare to have a tank with a living reef in it that YOU are "almost" in control of.
Seriously, the hardest part for me too was to slow down and enjoy the process, but you must. If you don't you will make several serious mistakes and actually end up taking much longer getting your reef in any condition to maintain coral, shrimp, crabs, hitch-hikers, and fish. The absolutely fastest way is to slow down and read and ask questions and follow expert advice.
...And, be for warned, your fish store may not have your best interest at heart nor the expert skills you would like to think they have. Keeping fish and coral in display tanks long enough and in a condition for purchase can be a slightly different science as providing them a long term home. However, there are good fish stores (LFSs) who do have plenty of expert knowledge and will want you to be a successful reefer and earn your business that way. Just be careful as you learn which are which. A chain store which sells hardware and clothing or all kinds of pet supplies where a person who sold shoes last week is your sales person is not likely to be a good choice for advice, if you get my drift.
Here at Reef2Reef you will be exchanging information with guys and gals who have healthy reef tanks as their passion. AND many enjoy sharing information with new reefers just about as much as they do tweaking their reef. I am one of those several weird people....
