HIGH Calcium
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tboy
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Originally Posted by Fishcake
wow...You are dosing that much calcium in a reef dominated by softies.
You are asking for trouble.
I could see you dosing if you had alot of calcium loving corals and clams.
But for a softy tank regular water changes with IO would be plenty! Say 400ppm.
so what do u think?
is 10ml ok
i been try to keep my cal & alk balance but i couldn't figure that out
do u know a way?
thank you
wow...You are dosing that much calcium in a reef dominated by softies.
You are asking for trouble.
I could see you dosing if you had alot of calcium loving corals and clams.
But for a softy tank regular water changes with IO would be plenty! Say 400ppm.
so what do u think?
is 10ml ok
i been try to keep my cal & alk balance but i couldn't figure that out
do u know a way?
thank you
tboy
Member
cal alk
6/9 510 6.4DKH
6/16 500 5.8
6/18 500 8.8
6/20 450 8.0
6/25 450 8.8
6/27 425 9.9
6/28 430 10.4
6/29 430 10.6
7/5 410 8.0
7/11 410 8.0
7/13 400 9.6
7/19 350 7.7
7/25 340 10.9
7/30 330 9.6
8/3 380 16.0
within 3 days and my alk shoot up in the sky like that
is that possible?
please help
what should i do?
6/9 510 6.4DKH
6/16 500 5.8
6/18 500 8.8
6/20 450 8.0
6/25 450 8.8
6/27 425 9.9
6/28 430 10.4
6/29 430 10.6
7/5 410 8.0
7/11 410 8.0
7/13 400 9.6
7/19 350 7.7
7/25 340 10.9
7/30 330 9.6
8/3 380 16.0
within 3 days and my alk shoot up in the sky like that
is that possible?
please help
what should i do?
milomlo
Active Member
What should I do? I have more salt water mixing. I changed from Oceanic (which is what my tank mostly consists of now), to Tropic Marin salt. I did a 8 gallon water change yesterday and I am mixing 10 more gallons right now.
Should I just do water changes until I get this under control or should I buffer? I have some Kents superbuffer.
dogstar
Active Member
Originally Posted by milomlo
My salt is at 580 as well however my ph is 7.8 and my dKH 7.6 my alk 2.74
By salt, Im guessing that is calcium... Thats high for cal.
dKh at 7.2 is low......test the new water befor adding and if its better than your reading in the tank then just do water changes and dont do any additives
Good water with cal. around 430 ppm and Alk. around 3.5 meq/L is best but dont try to get it perfect too fast. Just get it better and see how it goes... The better the alk. and cal gets to a better balance then the pH should raise to a better higher level and stay more stable...
My salt is at 580 as well however my ph is 7.8 and my dKH 7.6 my alk 2.74
By salt, Im guessing that is calcium... Thats high for cal.
dKh at 7.2 is low......test the new water befor adding and if its better than your reading in the tank then just do water changes and dont do any additives
Good water with cal. around 430 ppm and Alk. around 3.5 meq/L is best but dont try to get it perfect too fast. Just get it better and see how it goes... The better the alk. and cal gets to a better balance then the pH should raise to a better higher level and stay more stable...
