HELP MY CALCIUM IS DROPPING FAST

[reef jacob]

So for the past couple of weeks my calcium had been dropping and dropping but when this started I was dosing 55 ml of calcium per day and it just kept dropping and dropping so I've been increasing the calcium and it's just stayed at 350 but now I'm dosing 100ml per day and it's only 360 it just seems like it didn't do anything maybe something is wrong with doser idk?

 

[Aiden Parker]

Tested mag and alk?

 

[alten78]

Are you reading and doing the test correctly? Admittedly, I kept testing my calcium and it wasn't barely moving, kept dosing more and more. Took a few days for me to realize that i got my calcium and nitrate (both salifert) test water amount backwards. I should have been using 2ml instead of 1ml, ended up in reality shooting my calcium up over 500 and kept thinking it was 350. Just a thought :)

 

[reef jacob]

Tested mag and alk?

Mag is as low as cal 1210 and alk is 7

 

[reef jacob]

Are you reading and doing the test correctly? Admittedly, I kept testing my calcium and it wasn't barely moving, kept dosing more and more. Took a few days for me to realize that i got my calcium and nitrate (both salifert) test water amount backwards. I should have been using 2ml instead of 1ml, ended up in reality shooting my calcium up over 500 and kept thinking it was 350. Just a thought :)

Hm weird mine seems that way but I'm using a salifert test kit and using 2 ml of water one scoop and 8 drops then slowly added 1 ml of regiment idk that's what instructions say maybe a bad test kit??

 

[alten78]

Definitely get your mag up. Sounds like you are doing the test right, i was accidentally only using 1 ml, doh!

 

[reef jacob]

Definitely get your mag up. Sounds like you are doing the test right, i was accidentally only using 1 ml, doh!

Yeah idk I've been trying trying to raise mag and cal but the calcium just won't go up idk