Zero ammonia, nitrate and nitrites?

[Calistmo]

Its been a couple months now with zero ammonia, nitrates and nitrites. I read somewhere that as a tank cycles you get some of each, but mine never changes. Tank is a few months old and the plants/shrimp/fish/snails seem to be going good. I test every few days but it's always the same.

This means my tank is healthy right? I do weekly 30% changes with a gravel vac... Should I go to bi-weekly changes? 7.5g tank

 

[Colin_T]

If you have lots of plants and only a few small fish, and you don't feed them too much, then the plants will keep ammonia, nitrite & nitrate levels at 0ppm.

You need a picture on the back of your tank to make the fish feel more secure.

 

[Calistmo]

If you have lots of plants and only a few small fish, and you don't feed them too much, then the plants will keep ammonia, nitrite & nitrate levels at 0ppm.

You need a picture on the back of your tank to make the fish feel more secure.

Will do!

 

[SHERRIFFP]

I've found that no ammonia, nitrate and nitrite. Tested twice a week so I decided to put platy s in and there loving it

 

[SHERRIFFP]

I've slight nitrate now I just use seachem prime and all sorted. I've zero ammonia and nitrite is at the second colour

 

[Colin_T]

If you have nitrite and nitrate, the nitrate test kit is reading nitrite as nitrate and giving you a false nitrate reading.

Don't bother testing for nitrate until the ammonia and nitrite have both gone up and come back down to 0ppm.

Nitrate test kits read nitrite as nitrate.

 

[SHERRIFFP]

I didn't know this cheers Ive got about 8 plattys in the aquarium is 240 l. I ll stick with them stall I until ammonia goes up and I see done conversion. My platys are absolutely fine

 

[SHERRIFFP]

I didn't know this cheers Ive got about 8 plattys in the aquarium is 240 l. I ll stick with them stall I until ammonia goes up and I see some conversion. My platys are absolutely