Help reducing my readings

[David martin]

I've taken some readings tonight using Red Sea pro, and some of them have on the high side, can I have some advise on how and what to reduce first please, the Tank is 157 litres, 2 clowns, small Bat fish, clean up crew, small collection of sps,s and feather duster. many thanks

Temperature: 78 °F
pH: 8.6
Ammonia: 0.2 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 0 ppm
Salinity: 1.026 SG
Alkalinity: 7.7 dKH
Magnesium 1.600 ( could be even higher but red sea stops here)
Calcium 500 ppm

 

[JMF2324]

How long have you had the tank??? If it was properly cycled you should not have any ammonia. Best thing you can do now is a water change. I'm no expert but a water change will bring the ammonia down and buy you time until some more experienced reefer can further assist. Also test your ammonia again to make sure the results are the same.

 

[Sean Brown]

Start with water changes first, perhaps 25% per day. A cycled tank should not have ammonia unless something dies or massive overfeeding (is your test working correctly?). Please state how old is your tank and amount of live rock.

 

[Shaddow_wolf169]

I just had the same issue my Cal was 530 alk 13 and mag way over 1600 hydrometer suck said my sg was 1.025 used a refractometer and it was at 1.030. slowly started dropping sg