My first reef tank

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I’m brand new to the hobby and have a 10 gallon tank setup. Currently have 2 clowns and a skunk shrimp along with 2 nassarius snails, 2 Cerith, 2 red scarlet hermits. I have 1 green start polyp,1 mushroom, and 2 zoas that I added in about 2 weeks ago. I had some test strips on hand that I wanted to test my Alk but it’s showing it’s 40ppm. I read I could use baking soda to increase it but I also saw it causes a drop in p.h and I’m at the lower limit. Should I be worried with the alk level and how could I raise it?
My chemistry is :
Salinity: 1.024
Nitrate: 5ppm
Nitrite:0
Ammonia:0
Ph:7.8
 

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I use Red Sea for my alk test and I don’t like it. I have a hard time seeing the color change cause it’s so light. It works, but I plan on buying a Hanna to replace it. Watch videos on different brands and see what will be easiest for you
 

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I’m brand new to the hobby and have a 10 gallon tank setup. Currently have 2 clowns and a skunk shrimp along with 2 nassarius snails, 2 Cerith, 2 red scarlet hermits. I have 1 green start polyp,1 mushroom, and 2 zoas that I added in about 2 weeks ago. I had some test strips on hand that I wanted to test my Alk but it’s showing it’s 40ppm. I read I could use baking soda to increase it but I also saw it causes a drop in p.h and I’m at the lower limit. Should I be worried with the alk level and how could I raise it?
My chemistry is :
Salinity: 1.024
Nitrate: 5ppm
Nitrite:0
Ammonia:0
Ph:7.8

This should help get an initial handle on the how and why of chemistry issues:

 
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