alkalinity and calcium high

srobo

srobo

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I have been searching and reading all I can find about the the two but nothing I can find answers my question. My calcium has been testing off the chart on the high end. I just got an alkalinity test kit yesterday. My test results are as follows.
temp 78
pH 8.2
spg 1.025
Ammonia 0ppm
Nitrate 0ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
Phosphate .5ppm
Calcium over 800ppm
Alkalinity 5.37 meg/l
I am using Aquarium Pharmaceuticals test kits for all except the Alkalinity, that is Salifert.
Can this be right. I tested my top off water and found it to have calcium which I did not know. What should I do?
 
srobo

srobo

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I tested my top off water and found it had calcium in it. I was using bottled water that said it was Ro/Di but it looks like they add calcium. My alkalinity kit was bought last night. The others have been purchased over the last year. I do a 10% water change every weekand do not do dose. Currently it is a FOWLR.
 
srobo

srobo

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I took a sample to the lfs and watched them test my calcium and Alkalinity. My Alk test was correct but my calcium is way off. We came up with 475ppm for the calcium and the alk was pretty close to the same. Should I just do my normal water chang and get a new test kit?
 
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