my two cents
especially in a new tank 5ppm nitrates is ideal. and will act as a tampon protecting you from alk swing..
as for the nitrates itself you have them for 2 reasons... your tank is young and the anaerobic bacteria population is not suffisant and zeostart IS a source of nitrates to feed the bacteria from zeobak
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