Ok, I have been trying to maintain a good calcium level for as long as i've had a test kit, but cant seem to get it above 150! I use Seachem Reef Complete twice a week, sometimes more, but it seems like it never comes up. All I have are live rock, fish, and some snails/hermit crabs and its almost like they are sucking my calcium suppliment dry. My pH is usually good, so i'm at a loss for whats going on. Should I use the calcium stuff every day or keep to the directions and use twice a week?
Calcium Problem
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chadfarmer
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also what is your alkalinity and magnesium
maybe take it to someone to test your reading against there reading
The test is a seachem one and its not quite a year old. I guess I better have somebody check it, because I can never get the reading to be very high. As for my pH, I check it with the test strips and it shows to be around 8 or so. Not sure about the salt, I get my water RO and already mixed at the pet store. What should I use to buffer my pH with? I have some Kent superbuffer dKh, should I start using it regularly? I found out the hard way not to mix the buffer with water and the seachem reef complete, it started bubbling and fogged up my water with a cloud of white flakey stuff.
chadfarmer
Premium Member
dont add anything my ph is 8.0 also
see what your readings are and i wouldnt add anything with out getting things tested first
see what your readings are and i wouldnt add anything with out getting things tested first
I should have told you to send me a vial of your water...I would have run a complete test for you...the shifter came today and it would have been so easy to drop a little water in it.
Get a real test kit...Salifert...or if you want send me some water. Don't add anything at this point except topoff water.
Get a real test kit...Salifert...or if you want send me some water. Don't add anything at this point except topoff water.
Ok, who wants to poke the idiot??? I re-read the instructions on how to interpret the readings and found out that I was reading them in reverse! My calcium is actually at 480! And to think i've been doing it wrong for almost a year now! Well, thanks for the help on this issue! One of many goofy questions to come!!
