New hobby . Need advice :)

[Nwel99]

Alk of 10 is fine honestly all your levels arent to bad. Even if your phosphate is .5 thats high but not awful.

Good too know ! I cannot wait to get this water gradually changed and see my corals flourish . It's so discouraging and frustrating trying to grasp everything

 

[Pico bam]

Also carbonate hardness and alkalinity are the same thing so one of the test kits is off. I might catch some crap for this but I still use api test kits from time to time. The majority don't like them. I realize there not very accurate but I know witch ones read high/low and just adjusted what I'm doing. There also not accurate in the least for phosphate but will give you a ballpark number.