Keith - Thanks for the feedback! So it sounds like I shouldn't let the Ammonia get to zero. Even though it's high right now, just wait until it drops back down to possibly .25ppm, and then add a little bit of pee every couple of days while the nitrites are reproducing and increasing. Then when the nitrites begin to decline, I should probably see some register of the nitrAtes in the system, and then my system will be just about complete. That's when I would add my goldfish and plants.

Is that the gist of it?