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If you want an instant cycle, you can buy a bag of BIO-Speria and add things the next day.
I never did the shrimp thing so not sure. I'm impatient and used Bio-Speria on all my starting up tanks.
I would check your circuit breaker first since you found a few outlets like that. They all might be on the same breaker and it might be wired backwards.
Looking at the back of the outlet, the neutral (white wire) should always be wired to the same side as the ground wire is on. (green screew)...