Calcium to high..........help please

[ohioguy06]

Hey everyone i cant accurately test my calcium........its above 500. My Question is how bad is.......and how do i go bout getting it lowered if it is.....
Tank specs.
75gal reef
trates-10ppm
ammo-0
trites-0
alk-7.2 i do beilive
Salinity is 1.025
Corals- Torch. Branching hammer, Pagoda cup, xenia, Shrooms, Flame scallop, several leathers, Alevopora. i think thats it........
Fish. Sohal,Yellow,Sailfin, Chromis-3,maroon clown, sixline,
Invert-3 peppermint shrimp, 2 cleaners shrimp, Lots of snails and hermits lost count at 30 each,
(no need to flame about the fish if you have seen my other post the monster tank is in the works)
If any other info is needed please let me know.
Rich

 

[viper_930]

Let me guess, you're using oceanic salt?

 

[ohioguy06]

Originally Posted by ViPeR_930
Let me guess, you're using oceanic salt?
Actually im using instant ocean............

 

[hkdonreefs]

dont add any more calcium and let it come down on its own. Whats your alk? If its from salt try tropic marin. My cal was over 600 when I was using oceanic. Nothing bad happened to my tank.

 

[chipmaker]

I would not worry. It will come down, and the low alk will rise in proportion to the calcium level coming down. A lot of the salts are high in calcium. Oceanic seems to be one of those as does Instant Ocean, but it usually does not cause a problem.

 

[ssweet1]

I second using Tropic Marin it's the best I've used. Oceanic I had diatoms every water change. Instant Ocean in my experience was low in Calcium and I had to supplement it. SeaChem is selling new salt especially made for reefs. I havent heard any reports on it yet though. Carrie

 

[ohioguy06]

So does anyone have a good salt brand to reccomend? i did notice that my alk does fluctuate alot and i have been haveing a problem maintaining a steady p.h.

 

[wilsonreef]

I too use IO. But I've found that it is usually low in calcium. Otherwise I don't have a problem with it. I've used it for over a year without problems.

 

[ohioguy06]

I was able to order the IO store salt.......made a fresh b atch and tested it in the 5 gal bucket and it was threw the room in calc...........kinda ticked in a way.......shoulda stayed with reef crystal

 

[ohioguy06]

does anyone have a salt to reccomend

 

[rhomer]

Instant Ocean, calc should be at 350. Every bucket I've bought the calcium is at 350. I made the mistake of getting reef crystals once my phosphates were outragous.
Rob

 

[bang guy]

Are you mixing your saltwater using tap water?
If not, dilute a cup of your tank water with a cup of RO water and then test for calcium. That will tell you how far above 500 you are (double the results). If it's not too far off then you're fine and I wouldn't change anything.

 

[abethedog]

Maybe you do not want to know...
When my salt was rediculously high I diluted my sample size in half with ro water and than multiplied my test result by 2.

 

[bsp]

I use Tropic Marin with lots of traces elements but no Nitrates or phosphates. It works pretty good for me.

 

[ohioguy06]

Any other takers..............Just trying to get a couple together to investagate.......

 

[jonnywater]

I am cycling through them. I have used Corallife, Instant Ocean, Tropic marin and am now onto Red Sea Salt starting tonight to see what kind of effect it has........