Calcium

[mike68]

i found some stuff at pool and spa store. its called proteam spa calcium up. it says it 100% calcium chloride. would it be okay to add this to increase calcium? you can get 2lbs. for for $6.50.

 

[Billybeau1]

Can't say for sure without testing. I would be concerned about using any pool or spa calcium chloride without testing it for impurities.

 

[Flipper62]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13848972#post13848972 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Billybeau1
Can't say for sure without testing. I would be concerned about using any pool or spa calcium chloride without testing it for impurities.

I agree, I wouldn't trust anything that was not made for a reef tank.

What salt are you using ? If your using salt like Oceanic Natural Sea Salt or Reef Crystals........any Reef salt, your Calcium level should be ok.

If your using just regular Instant ocean & its a reef tank. You may have to add supplements like calcium. If you do need to add calcium, you should check into something like Kents Liquid Calcium.

 

[MCsaxmaster]

Agreed, without fairly expensive chemical analyses (which defeats the purpose ) there's no way to know whether it's quite safe, or quite impure.

 

[mike68]

i use coralife salt. i would be using this for calcium replacement. just wondering because it said 100% calcium chloride on the bottle

 

[Billybeau1]

I really do not think you will need a calcium supplement when using Coralife salt. It has plenty of calcium already.

Regular water changes should take care of business.

 

[mike68]

I have a lot of sps i have been using seachem dry calcium to add calcium. just looking for something else right now. i use about 20ppm a day.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

The calcium chloride from Bulk Reef Supply and Buckeye Field Supply are inexpensive and likely fine to use.

 

[mike68]

Thanks guys

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

:thumbsup:

Good luck.