Test kit bought and levels are off. Now what?

[Dynaleexo]

This is my first fish tank. It's a freshwater 45 gallon fish tank. After a few weeks of killing of fish, I became more educated on the levels in my fish tank that we're doing so, not the temperature fluctuation.

Now that I bought a test kit and tested my levels, where do I go from here?

pH was low at a 7.2
Ammonia was present at a .50
Nitrate was present at 5.0
Nitrite at .50

How do I decrease nitrate, ammonia and nitrite abs increase pH?

 

[fort384]

In time as your bacterial colonies get established, and the tank is cycled, you will see ammonia and nitrite come down to 0. 5ppm nitrate is fine - anything less than 50 or so in a FW tank is acceptable for most commonly kept community fish.

Why do you want to increase your pH? It is fine at 7.2 for just about any fish.

 

[librarygirl]

As Fort said, your PH is fine, don't mess with it. What fish do you have?
With both nitrite and ammonia at .5 I'd do a 50-60% water change to get those levels down a bit. Here are a couple of guides that should help, if you haven't seen them: I just learned about cycling but I already have fish. What now?! - Aquarium Advice and Guide to Starting a Freshwater Aquarium - Aquarium Advice

 

[shellieca]

This is my first fish tank. It's a freshwater 45 gallon fish tank. After a few weeks of killing of fish, I became more educated on the levels in my fish tank that we're doing so, not the temperature fluctuation.

Now that I bought a test kit and tested my levels, where do I go from here?

pH was low at a 7.2
Ammonia was present at a .50
Nitrate was present at 5.0
Nitrite at .50

How do I decrease nitrate, ammonia and nitrite abs increase pH?

As Fort & librarygirl said don't mess with the Ph, its better it be stable than big fluctuations from trying to adjust it, your fish will adjust to your Ph. Water changes will bring down your ammo, nitrites & nitrates. Once your BB is well established it should take care of the ammonia & nitrites. Have you tested your tap water to see what your starting parameters are?