Hi folks. Ten gallon running a week with 1 platy, anacharis (not as much as i would like) and 1 amazon sword which i doubt has any affect. Anyway. Ammonia is testing 0.25 for a 4 days or so. Today it looked a bit less and yesterday a bit more. Zero nitrites and zero nitrates. Been using Quickstart at a rate of a dose a day. Oh, temp is 78 degrees. I remember a few years ago using some bacteria in a bottle in a heavily planted tank and dont recall ever seeing nitrites. Just telling my story so far.