Seems to me then that the suggestion of ammonium nitrate would work,

Absolutely not. Ammonia and ammonium are deadly toxic to fish. Bad advice.

They are for terrestrial plants only, and almost any house or garden
plant fertilizer uses ammonia but you will never see it in anything
meant for aquaria.


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