how bad is my water

Water tests are...
Alkalinity: 6.5 very low
Calcium 450, i think average
mag 1230, also low
phosphate .25 not sure
nitrate 25
nitrite 0
ammonia 0

how bad is this

 

you alkilanity is way off, mag is low i belive but easily fixable nitrate is not good but not bad. what kit did you use to confirm these tests and is there any livestock in the tank?

 

Alkalinity should be between 7 and 12
phosphate should be below .05
Mag should be 1250 to 1500
If you have a reef nitrates below 20 for softies preferably below 10, for SPS below 5
You don't need the calcium any higher than it is. Keep it above 380

 

i got it done at lfs, since i never have money to buy a good water test kit..well I do... but I just don't want to spend 100 bucks on it.

I have biocube 29 gallon with 1 coral beauty and 1 small clown, feeding every once in 2 days.

is my tank water in a danger zone? if so whats the action I need to take? water change?

 

hello~?

 

a water change will help with the nitrate, buut you might need to dose to help with the other levels. first thing I would do is test on your own to make sure that there kits are on to a tee and go from there.

 

You got 2 good answers...

 

thanks for the advice, i will do water change first thing tomorrow

 

out of curiosity are you using RO water?

Do any of your current residents look like they are showing signs of stress?

and what is your salt level?

 

salt level is at 1.024, and yes i use ro/di water, its just been forever like 2 month ish since i did water change, because i have been pretty busy with university, and nope no sign of stress so far, except im having cyano, thats when i relized "omg i have been slacking in this hobby" so i did a water test at LFS, and it was pretty bad.