It sounds crazy, but with a new system comes new challenges. Since I have setup a new system I have had issues with my water being void of nutrients. We have had a few acros go from brown to colorful to bleached. P04 has been around .03-.06 but Nitrates are never detectable. We started feeding planktonic foods at the maximum recommended Mftr doses yet only seemed to raise P04. We dosed NeoNitro to get 3ppm of Nitrates. I tested 7 days later at 0.00 nitrates. I started trying dosing smaller amounts every other day and over a two week period I saw significant color Impovements.
Would dosing Ammonia at extremely low levels effectly replace nitrate dosing, or be the same as increasing fish population? Do fish really add more than just ammonia to the water?
My thoughts would be that dosing ammonia would possibly increase bacterial populations in a way similar to carbon source dosing but also possibly increase nitrates. I'm don't want to add more fish, or spend too much money putting nutrients back into the system. Dosing ammonia scares me a bit.