I’ll give you my opinion, but full disclosure that it’s possible/likely I’m going to have a number of people disagree with me: you still have a few months of cycling to go.
Now, can you be cycled and start to add creatures sooner than that? Absolutely, in fact, I was adding stuff very quickly with my first tank. I also lost a lot of creatures with that approach (well, fortunately not a lot, but more than zero that’s for sure).
With my second tank, I did a shrimp cycle and let it sit for 2-3 months before transferring anything, and that was also with using some of my old sand, water, and rock that was all well established by then. I had much better success from the start and still do to this day with that system. I learned the hard way, as have many others, and you can learn from us.
As for your particular test results, I would wait until you start seeing zeros across the board. You don’t have anything live in there and having nitrites at that level means you aren’t cycled yet (though I think you know that based on your question). Once you see all zeros, you can start shadow-feeding, or feeding your tank food (aka, a source of energy and waste) and see how the numbers respond after a week. If your feeding your tank, and the numbers aren’t moving (other than maybe a little nitrate and phosphate), then you’re probably good to go at that point.
IMO, this just makes sense. If a system isn’t stable enough to handle a little food, it won’t possibly respond better when you add fish.
Finally, you’re doing the right thing by asking and being patient. It’s hard, I know, I get it, but it’s SO much better than adding too quickly and having to ask a million questions and do a million things to get out of what has already been done. So in other words, good job, keep asking (and reading) and you’ll be a great reefer! Nice looking setup too!
