Not sure on size of your tank or what livestock you got in it but in my 80 gallon dt I just got the cycle ( nitrogen cycle) out the way so tank could process amnonia then waited few weeks more then started slowly adding my cuc .
First was 3 hermit crabs at about 2 months.
Then every 2- 3 weeks bought more cuc usually like 6 of each and a time ,so like 6 trouchus,then few weeks later 6 nassariuus snails,and so on,but just gauged how tank looked and acted and decided what was needed and tested parameters so could get a fewl for howy tank was acting and if safe for any livestock i added,our tanks go through various cycles so nitrogen cycle then the algae cycles start usually diatoms first then for me then was like a bright neon-ish algae then some darker green algaes and tank continually going through some cycle and never stops,I'm at the 1 year mark now for last 2 months or so im getting lots pineapple sponges then they should limit themselves then will go through another stage/ cycle etc. ( some say pineapple sponges feed off silicates in the water which could come from the water we use for water changes and could be indication a rodi filter needs changing as letting more silicates through or could be the rock leaching it out etc)
What I did was lots research on how others before me was successful and what stood out was go slow but try add as much biological diversity as possible and micro fauna and researched which cuc member was more likely to eat certain things during the initial ugly stage then every week added a few of that cuc member, but remember if not enough algae or stuff on rocks or in sand for them to eat then we need to feed them ourselves otherwise they starve to death or we force them to each each other lol and urchins are very effective cuc members so I waited till about 6 month old before added an urchin but imo my ugly stage wasn't that bad,but if it was worse I would of added urchins earlier.
And for bacterial diversity and microfauna each few weeks when added few cuc I also added small coral frags from many different lfs's and so far so good as no major problems with tank at all ^_^
So good luck and keep up on researching different things all about different aspects of owning a reef tank with the care / stocking of fish,corals,maintenance, testing parameters, flow,lighting, how to keep fish less stressed with the set up of your aquascape and caves,underhangs,overhangs and to like,the more research the better as the more intune you will be with your tank imo
