HELP MY CALCIUM IS DROPPING FAST

reef jacob · Dec 31, 2016

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 · Dec 31, 2016

Tested mag and alk?

alten78 · Dec 31, 2016

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 · Dec 31, 2016

Aiden Parker said:
Tested mag and alk?

Mag is as low as cal 1210 and alk is 7

reef jacob · Dec 31, 2016

alten78 said:
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??