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Good Morning, To answer your questions: Instant ocean 24 hrs Ionized only I think I found the calcium spike yesterday. I woke up last night and remembered that I added Micro-Vert yesterday. I checked it and it has calcium. My numbers this morning are: Calcium - 390 mg/l PH - 8.2 Alkalinity -...

Hey Thomas, I hear you, but that has been my problem. I'll keep watching it and I didn't get to lfs with some water today, hopefully tomorrow. Since my calcium and alkalinity are a mater of counting the number of drops before the color changes, it's not like trying to match a certain shade of...

Hey Guys, I'll give that a try. Here is the history of my parameters since my water change yesterday. Last Night: Calcium - 375 mg/l PH - 8.3 Alkalinity - 4.5 meq/l This Morning: Calcium - 375 mg/l PH - 8.2 Alkalinity - 4.5 meq/l This Evening : Calcium - 403 mg/l PH - 8.3 Alkalinity - 5.5 meq/l...

All of the nubmers I mentioned applied mostly to the last 5 days. I had already decided to take in a sample tomorrow and let my lfs test it. Up until late yesterday, I had been using a test strip on the alkalinity. I just bought a real test and I can say that the readings went from 7.5 down...

Thanks Thomas!!! No I didn't think about the calcium until I had already added it to my wet/dry. I had laid off the b-ionic for a week and then tested my calcium. It had climbed to 480 and I was showing some deposits, so I dosed both 1 & 2 for the past two days to see if it would stablize...

Hey, Do you mind if I crash in here? I had some funny readings in the same area and decided to get things back on track with a water change. My problem is that my calcium is fine 450, ph is 8.4, but my alkalinity is 7.5. Based on what I've read here the alkalinity is a little high. I have my...