high calcium

  1. L

    Calcium and Magnesium at high levels. Why?

    Trying to figure out why my calcium and magnesium levels are high. The consumption levels seem to be non existent. Tank is about 8 months old. But I used rock from another system thats about 3 years old. Salt mix I use is Tropic Marin Dosed All For Reef twice then noticed increase. Haven’t...
  2. G

    Low pH, High Alk and Calcium with Kalkwasser

    Average Parameters & Equipment Temp.......76.5-77.5F Salinity.......1.0255 SG NO3-API.......10-20 ppm range PO4-Hanna.......0.17 ppm pH.......7.50-7.68 observed range Alk-Hanna.......10.6 dKH KH-Salifert.......10.4 dKH Calcium-API.......out-of-range / 580-600ppm (29-30 drops of API reagent 2)...
  3. J

    My calcium won't go down

    Hello, I am having a weird problem. My calcium won't go down. I have been using tropic Marin all for reef for quite some time (powder mixed with RODI), and recently I've noticed my alk and mag are ok (9dkh, 1375 mag) but my calcium is 550-600 (usually 430-460). I lowered my all for reef dosing...
  4. dr1271

    High Calcium with All For Reef!

    Established tank, but recently switched from Tropic Marin Balling Method to All for Reef. Change was made about a month ago, and at the time my calcium was around 460ppm. Since dosing the A4R (36ml/day), my calcium just came back from ICP at 547ppm! Mag is at 1417ppm. Alkalinity is stable at...
  5. ssunthar

    Please Help - High KH & Calcium

    Hi Experts, My tank parameter been fine but having some issues with high KH & Calcium for a few weeks now. This week for some reasons my nitrate shot up to 20, so I decided to do wc.. while it helped to bring down my nitrate.. my KH & Calcium still in a high range still. Here are my tank...
  6. Rogued_Reefer

    High Cal... how to lower it?

    Hello guys! I have been trying to dial in my tank to stick to kalkwasser only. I accidentally dosed a bit too much calcium about 2 weeks ago which spiked my cal to 597... I been waiting out which has brought it down to 592 but I’m concerned it’s lowering too slow and will cause harm to my...
  7. Austin Lee

    Can't seem to lower Calcium & Mag

    Hi all, I have a 25 lagoon with a couple acans, a hammer, a zoa, a monti, and a ricordea florida. I've been struggling with low alkalinity and high Mag & calcium. I was at WWC the other day and they recommended I use Brightwell 8.3 to raise my alkalinity without raising my calcium. Here are...
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