One of the advantages of "fishless cycling" is that you CAN add all your fish at once. As a matter of fact, you should add all your fish at once. At completion, if properly done, your tank support a full biological load of fish. If you don't completely stock your tank, some bacteria will die off from starvation.
I've never tried the dead shrimp thing, but I don't like the sound of it. I just don't like the idea of something rotting in my aquarium. Seems like there are things other than ammonia going on that doesn't sound good. Why not use ammonia? At the very least, you have control over the amount of ammonia to add each day...
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