Julienlore

Greetings,

I've had my freshwater tank setup for 6 weeks now. The Ammonia spike was at 2 weeks, Nitrites followed shortly. By week 4 I was reading 0 Ammonia and 0 Nitrites. I did a water change at this point and introduced 4 tiny Columbian Tetras. There was a very small cycle shortly after but barely noticeable. The fish are perfectly healthy, and I added 2 more Columbians a few days ago. Everything is going well, and there's no aglae bloom or anything like that.

I have Java ferns, Vals and cabomba growing quite well and I'm only using a DIY C02, which surprised me because I only have 1W/gallon light.

I took my first Nitrate test today, and it's ready 0ppm.

How is this possible?

Julien

jsalemi

Your bioload is light, and the plants are using up the nitrates, probably.

COBettaCouple

yea, that sounds like the answer to me.