I set my tank up with salt, sand, and a little bit of dead rock yesterday, and here are the results:
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite:5+ppm (a beautiful shade of purple)
Nitrate:80+ppm
pH: 8.2
I bought my sand from Tat2d when he took down his tank, and kept it in a 10 gallon with an old filter, so I'm hoping that will make the cycle go by faster. I 'm also going to be adding a piece of live rock from my other tank.