Based on the OP's reported results, I rest my case your honor.
I am also going to say that it is wrong to follow this advice:
If anything, you want to put a lot extra ammonia in there to have a large healthy colony capable of processing much more ammonia than it would ever need to.
Doing this can actually have the exact opposite effect, it will slow down, and even stop a cycle. In some cases, if the dosing is high enough, it will actual kill the bacteria rather than cause them to multiply. I have quoted and linked to several research studies in various posts on this forum which say the exact same thing- only they proved it in a lab experiment.