Hi,
I would definitely suggest using Zeolite, a mineral which does a really good job of binding ammonia. This is especially useful during a high tech tank startup. The excess ammonia production rate due to poor nitrification as a result of low bacterial populations in sediment and filter, typically seen in immature tanks, makes it critical to remove as much as practicable. This significantly lowers the risk of triggering algal blooms. Fluval make an excellent Zeolite/Activated carbon mix. After a few months you can either replace it (the binding sites get filled with ammonia) or just leave it in and it will become like ordinary filter media and the bacteria will feed off the bound ammonia. If this is a high tech tank then you ought to be dosing PO4/NO3 separately and not waiting around for NH4->NO2->NO3 transition. Avoiding algae means that in the first 2 months of operation you should do frequent and large water changes, keep the lighting low, dose appropriate nutrient levels and make best efforts to control the ammonia loading rate - that's where the Zeolite is instrumental.
The nitrogen cycle will happen in every tank and it's unavoidable (unless you add bleach or Dettol to your tank). The trick is to get the nitrifying bacteria population up to speed as quickly as possible. These populations are what stabilizes the tank. Ammonia is always being produced 24/7. Healthy plants uptake ammonia but plants in poor health discharge ammonia, or at best do not uptake much of it. This changes the ammonia buildup rate which, under high lighting algal spores use as a trigger to bloom. The Walstead approach absolutely, positively is begging for trouble in a high tech tank. Walstead type tanks are a stroll through the park. High tech, fuel injected tanks are a Formula 1 circuit. These are different regimes and you cannot easily mix their principles without turning your tank into pea soup.
So the idea is to:
1. Maximize plant health by having appropriate levels of nutrients/CO2. Healthy plants remove more ammonia and they oxygenate the filter, sediment and water column thereby speeding up the aerobic nitrifying bacteria populations.
2. Curtail the ammonia buildup levels by removing/sequestering as much of it as possible via water change and Zeolite.
It's specifically because of Dave Spencers use of Zeolite that he observes a marked reduction of or even the non-appearance in diatomic algal blooms, the scourge of newly setup tanks.
Cheers,