what all have you added. Any plants or decor that was in another tank? They are most likely bladder snails or ramshorn. Both are particularly hardy and dont care so much about the perameters of a tank. Their presence is not an indicator of a cycle. How big is the tank? Most people will remove them to prevent an outbreak(caused by overfeeding fish). Being that there are no fish in the tank the flakes are theirs(snails) for the taking. I would put a leaf of lettuce in the tank for either a few hours or over night and then remove it in the morning, they should be on it. Its up to you though.

 

75g tank, about 15 plants, like 4 plants came from other tanks. I really dont mind the snails, except for the fact that they crap like crazy. I want to get some kind of julidochromis and I read they like to eat snails so its really no big deal.

I just figured by now with them living in there and with all the poo there should enough of a cycle going.

 

75g tank, about 15 plants, like 4 plants came from other tanks. I really dont mind the snails, except for the fact that they crap like crazy. I want to get some kind of julidochromis and I read they like to eat snails so its really no big deal.

I just figured by now with them living in there and with all the poo there should enough of a cycle going.

Enough of a cycle for what? The snails would represent a VERY small bio-load and as such,,it would not take much in the way of fishes to create levels of ammonia or nitrites that could become dangerous to any fishes added in excess of what the snails have been contributing in the way of waste, and too much food fed to the tank can create toxic conditions from the get go.
You really need a filter ,for this area (filter)is where the majority of bacteria colonize.
When you get your new filter..borrowing some filter material from another tank? would speed the (cycling) of the 75 gal.

 

In a 75g tank with some plants you can safely add a few fish with no cycling issues. Just don't overdo it. The plants need nitrogen and they prefer it as ammonium (which they change from ammonia) and they use quite a lot of it.