Quote Originally Posted by footballdude2k3 View Post
Dosing the ammonia is as antiquated of a method as putting a damsel in the tank and hoping it doesn't die while everything cycles. How big is the tank? There is really no reason to put straight ammonia in, ghost feed the tank, when the food breaks down it turns into ammonia.
Why do you say that? If you're starting with dry rock, I'd rather do this than use fish food. Dosing ammonia I can control how much of a cycle I have. I've done both, both give you the same end result, dosing ammonia just seems more precise. You do have to use the right ammonia (pure ammonia) which can be hard to find.