Nitrates never at 0......

[thatguywhohasfish]

Hey community!

I have a question about nitrates, my tank seems to always have around 10 to 20 ppm of nitrate, which I know it's technically safe level. My tank has been for cycled for around 7 months now. I have all live plants and I do water changes every Thursday, every week, treating the new water with prime. I also dose my tank each week with Easy Green 1ml per 10 gallons. My tank is 20 gallons and I usually only take enough water out that's required during vacuuming, Usually about 5 gallons or less. Is this level of nitrates normal? Should I start taking out more water during water changes? Everyone in my tank seems happy And 3 of my cherry shrimp are Prego right now. Any advice on how to get those nitrates down lower? TIA

PH: 7.4
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 10-20ppm

 

[MyFishAddiction]

you will rarely ever get 0 nitrates, usually only in a heavily planted low-stocked tank. Might I ask why you want 0?

 

[thatguywhohasfish]

you will rarely ever get 0 nitrates, usually only in a heavily planted low-stocked tank. Might I ask why you want 0?

Really just for my own piece of mind ha. I didn't know if nitrates were always supposed to be at zero or not. That's my Aquarium new bro mind at work. Just wanted to make sure that I wasn't doing something wrong for them to be around that level, but if that's normal then I can live with that.

 

[StarGirl]

Mine are always 10-20 also. As long as your test is orange not red you are good.

 

[thatguywhohasfish]

Mine are always 10-20 also. As long as your test is orange not red you are good.

Ok great! That's definitely comforting. Thank you StarGirl