what should my levels be?

[STEVEN ADAMS]

testing my water what should my ammonia nitrate, phosphate, and calcium be? im guessing ammonia is 0? my nitrate reads around 10 or 20 and my phosphate is .25 id say. I do not have calcium test yet what should it be? I have easy beginner corals button polyps mushrooms and frog spawn. 35 gal

 

[reefertank]

testing my water what should my ammonia nitrate, phosphate, and calcium be? im guessing ammonia is 0? my nitrate reads around 10 or 20 and my phosphate is .25 id say. I do not have calcium test yet what should it be? I have easy beginner corals button polyps mushrooms and frog spawn. 35 gal

You Want nitrates and phosphate to be below 5.

 

[STEVEN ADAMS]

You Want nitrates and phosphate to be below 5.

what about calcium? are there any other things to test for regularly?

 

[STEVEN ADAMS]

what about calcium? are there any other things to test for regularly?

Do salt water tanks rely on phosphates at all? is there any target level I should keep them at or lower the better?

 

[miPapareef]

A lot of answers here

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rhf/index.php