Accidental Calcium OD

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I meant to change my ESV Part 2 Calcium dosing to 3ml, but accidentally changed it to 30ml on my doser. I caught it before it went on too long so about about 50ml total of extra ESV Calcium was dosed in a day and a half.

Using the reef chemistry calculator, that amount would have increased my calcium by roughly 32 ppm, bringing it to ~475 ppm, while my alk is around 8 dKh.

Coral look ok so far (knock on wood). What should I do here, just stop dosing calcium for awhile until it gets back into a balance with my alk?
 
I agree it's no concern. 475 ppm is fine. If you prefer it lower, dose less or none for a while. I'm not sure I'd make any changes.
 

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