well zero nitrates cant be good even in a nano.that's if you ascribe to the notion that we must test for nitrates to prevent coral starving. four hundred thousand nano owners think this isn't the case, so that need ranges tank to tank.
in my reef for sps and lps, it will never need testing for any param beyond temp and salinity, an easy to reproduce method for any interested.
tedious testing is fun too, but comparison threads among test kits show wildly varying results, we aren't dealing in accurately stated measures by and large/all the time