Yea, I know that cycling reduces the ammonia, but that letting bacteria form and do the work is best. With what I am doing, I am mechanically reducing ammonia. So as the junk is turning into ammonia, I am simply pouring it out rather than letting bacteria turn it into nitrites and then into nitrates.
By my method, I could have zero ammonia, but no good bacteria either. The benefit I am hoping for is less time. The problem I see is maybe having some junk still inside that really needs bacteria in order to completely rid the rocks of ammonia producing junk. I am also concerned that if I DO let the rocks truely cycle and form all the good bacteria, that I could face a crash in the DT when all this extra bacteria finds it has very little to eat.
Matt