Hi, KT
if these plant likely you will have hard time to get the ammonia/nitrites or even nitrates at start/or all the way, yeah... likely the plant uses them already.. don't worry.. the Nitrogen cycle will start somewhere slow and safe..
http://www.aquabotanic.com/plants_an...filtration.htm
a bit wordy but to understand a bit on your issue
happy fish keeping
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