My tetra tank is very heavily planted. It has a good stock of fish, yet the ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates always test 0 since I replaced the bulbs in my light with 6700k.

I know plants absorb pretty much anything nitrogen, and my plants pearl a lot so they’re getting good levels of everything.. What do you think? If I were to remove all my plants, would I see an ammonia or nitrite spike? Could the plants be devouring the ammonia and robbing the beneficial bacteria of it’s food and causing it to die?
I run an air pump with bubble stones at night to keep CO2 levels in check when the lights are out
No way I’m going to add ammonia to an aquarium with fish in it! Way too risky