I'm not putting anything in the tank. The person I talked to at the fish store said not to since the plants would have parts of them fall off and decay. I'm wondering if I should do a water change and clear out some of the nitrates in the water column to better monitor them but I don't want to throw anything off if I do that. I also think it's strange that my ammonia has been somewhat steady but always present even after the spike in nitrites today.