Tank Cycle Strength

[65Naja]

Not sure if strength is the right word, but here is my situation / question.
I am in the process of setting up a 150g system. Doing things ever so slowly because I enjoy the design, planning, building phases of projects as much as the end result.
I started this project in early February. My goal is to fill the tank with water by the end of the year and be ready for livestock early January.
The tank will go into our new home, which will be complete at the lasted Dec 1st. I current;y live 5 minutes from the new home site now.
I have completed much of the design and planning of the system, and have full CAD designs down to having a pretty complete parts list.
I just this past weekend finished the aquascape and have mortared and pinned it all together. It comes apart where pinned. I have the RODI system in a temp setup producing water and as of this morning have all the rock and left over rubble soaking in fresh RODI in a brute trash can. I have the heater but its not in use yet. I want to cycle the rock in the brute prior to putting it in the tank. I have most of the testing equipment needed in hand but may need a few things.

I am curious if starting the cycle now with Dr. Tim's bacteria or similar and providing an ammonia food source four 4 months would result in a stronger biological system come January.
Or
Wait a bit to get started with bacteria because starting now or in October for a Jan 1st fish stocking date will result in the same biological system?

If go now is the answer, does increasing the ammonia food source over time produce a larger stronger biological system?

 

[Kryptonian]

Imo, yes, increasing the ammonia source will result in a higher bioload and push your bacteria to multiply. Your bacteria count is going to balance with the bioload that is available for them to consume. If you start a tank and add a fish, best practice is to slowly add fish so your bioload slowly increases. This allows your biological filtration to keep up with your bioload. Ghost feeding or adding ammonia at an increasing rate would represent the same situation as adding more fish to a tank. If you're just adding a couple fish on Jan 1, you shouldn't have to worry too much about pushing your bacteria count but if you're trying to stock up quickly, you're on the right track. I haven't personally researched this but the theory pans out.