Doser malfunctioned. Cal. From 420 to 580. HELP PLEASE.

[Stv]

Hey guys.
installed a auto doser on my 31 biocube four days ago. Set it up, didn’t program anything to wait the four days to see depletion. It’s been four days. Tank looks a little odd and just noticed the calcium was being dosed for some reason and it’s climbed from 420 to 580 in four days.

do I want to correct it fast or correct it slow and what’s the best way to correct it water changes? thanks as always guys.

 

[sunken3]

ya, do a couple of small water changes.. 580 calcium should not be too bad.. I have had mine in the 600's before (not saying to do that, just saying that it's not the end of the world).

 

[austibella]

Hey guys.
installed a auto doser on my 31 biocube four days ago. Set it up, didn’t program anything to wait the four days to see depletion. It’s been four days. Tank looks a little odd and just noticed the calcium was being dosed for some reason and it’s climbed from 420 to 580 in four days.

do I want to correct it fast or correct it slow and what’s the best way to correct it water changes? thanks as always guys.

Big water change!!

 

[Stv]

Hey guys.
installed a auto doser on my 31 biocube four days ago. Set it up, didn’t program anything to wait the four days to see depletion. It’s been four days. Tank looks a little odd and just noticed the calcium was being dosed for some reason and it’s climbed from 420 to 580 in four days.

do I want to correct it fast or correct it slow and what’s the best way to correct it water changes? thanks as always guys.

Mag also shot from 1420 to 1500

 

[Jubei2006]

I'd be more concerned about an alkalinity spike if it's in the supplement you dosed

 

[sunken3]

just search this months.. reef of the month... his parameters are

.

1. pH 8.2 during the day, 8 at night. The skimmer takes air from outside of the house.
2. Salinity at 35 ppt.
3. NO3 around 1 ppm.
4. PO4 around 0.1 ppm.
5. Calcium from 450 to 500 ppm.
6. Magnesium from 1300 to 1500 ppm.
7. KH around 7.7.

i think you will be ok..

alk is way more of an issue...

 

[Stv]

I'd be more concerned about an alkalinity spike if it's in the supplement you dosed

Alk read 8.0 on first day and 7.5 on fourth so I know I have a .5 drop over four days and will start to dose for that after a water change for fix cal and mag readings. and re reading.

 

[mdb_talon]

I would not panic about it at all, but would try doing some WC over a couple weeks to drop it. The alk drop could have been precipitate rather than consumption so i would not use that as your baseline until you get that calc down a bit doing some water changes and then measure consumption when alk/calc/mg are all within range