Woah Quixotic,
You really go the extra mile to explain stuff. Good job.
Alex,
If you want to hasten the cycling process, you can get more plants and place them in your tank. They will consume the ammonia and nitrates fast enough. Place some floating plants for even faster result since they take up CO2 from the air direct and nutrients from the water. Try water lettuce, duckweed and salvinia natans. Besides I notice a lot of shrimps like to hang upside down on the roots of my floating plants even though I got other plants around. Think they are consuming the particles trapped in the roots.
Oh yah, if your tank is small like the 1 foot tank you are using, note that anything you dose will have a big impact on the water parameters and CRS may not be able to tolerate the changes. Be careful when you dose ferts for the plants or overfeeding.
Yours Truly, Avan
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~ Henry David Thoreau
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