Calcium ?

[Joe Fish]

I just tested for CA and it was between 360 and 380. So, then I added 5 cap fulls of my seachem. Now my corals are looking funny, frog spawn looks skinny, GSP is all sucked in, etc. Is this just an adjustment to the CA or could my test kit be off? They did this last time I tried to raise CA so I'm sure they will be coming back to normal soon.

 

[Fuzz16]

is it possible you raised it to fast?

 

[Lorna]

Seachem liquid calcium can be added direct as you did. It shouldn't have any effect on your livestock, but to test it next time add it to a quart of water and add it slowly...

 

[Joe Fish]

I just checked again and everything is looking like they are better. I cannot seem to raise my CA at all. It's always 360 to 380. I tried more water changes and using the liquid CA stuff.

 

[Lorna]

hmmm I used to have trouble raising mine. Then I started dripping Seachem Reef Advantage Calcium powder into my topoff water at about 2tsp/g. I drip approx 1 gallon a day. Works like a charm and my ca is pretty stable at 420. Now if I could just get my alk that stable at 4 meq/l I'd be a happy camper

 

[Joe Fish]

Maybe I should try your CA method. Think it would be ok dripping in my fuge? You just mix up one gallon and drip that? So if my tank evaps about 1 gallon a day would the doser thing keep my display water at the right level? Or would if drip too slow?

 

[Lorna]

I mix up 5 gallons at a time and have an aqua dose pump drip it into my sump. Keeps the level just right all the time, unless I don't change it out when it gets empty.......which did happen once.....and remembered when the return pump was pushing air......not a good thing.

 

[TRe]

hey lorna would this one work??

the reason i ask is because its only 9.99 at bigal's

 

[Lorna]

It may I am not sure, I use an old dosing pump I got off ebay for $40 and it works like a dream....doses 1 gallon over 24hrs......so I just run it from a 5g jug under the tank......into the sump, though before I had a sump I ran it direct to my tank.

 

[TRe]

id think it would be difficult to match the exact amount of water that gets evaporated.... since i dont have halides i dont quite get a gal of evaporation a day..is there a way to slow down the drip??

 

[Joe Fish]

tie a loose knot in the tubing?