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There may be something you can add if you have something (the plants) using the nitrate up too quickly. In fact, I think that's the first number on fertilizer specifications. Be careful of ammonium nitrate though. It's poison (makes LOTS of ammonia). Maybe somebody else can be more specific. I would want to go for more pretty fish right now.
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