Calcium ppm?

_kip_

_kip_

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calcium that high would be really unstable and wouldnt stay "free" long enough to get that reading
(only exception would be if the alk was extremely low)
i'd question the test kit.
do you have a local hobbyist that would test your water for you so you could compare results?
 
shnabbles

shnabbles

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iv never tested my alk.
i just brought home a single red sea clacium kit.. and following the directions thats what it came out to be.
My Flower pot is looking real good, but my hammer coral is about all closed up or the hammers have gotten Very Very small like its dying.
I did have 2 bulbs out for a couple weeks so i only had 2 55watt bulbs working.
Before that the hammer coral was looking good aswell.
I have replaced all 4 bulbs (2 55 watts and 2 65 watts)
Is it possible the hammer coral will come back, or is it probally to late for it?
PS the hammers flow probally isnt as good as the flower pots.
 
ordyman

ordyman

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CALCIUM SHOULD BE KEPT AT 400-500 PPM. I TEST WITH A SALIFERT TEST. IT'S A GOOD TEST BUT A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO GET THROUGH AT FIRST.
 
mudplayerx

mudplayerx

Active Member
You will also have to test your ph and alkalinity in addition to your calcium. All three of these are intimately linked in the corals' ability to utlilize the calcium.
 
murph145

murph145

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hey i had a high calcium problem last week i was running the test and it would come back close to 900ppm in the tank and i could not understand it why it was that way.....
so i tested my new salt water freshly purschsed from the store and it came back with 1000ppm which can not be true at all!!!!
so something has to be wrong with my kit .... i noticed in the #1 solution some kind of dark precipate had formed at the bottom of the container which probably shouldnt be there...
i wonder if the LFS will give me back my money or credit for a new one???
 
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