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So I just realized my salifert calcium test kit is defective. My old test kit was giving me 250 to 300 ppm of calcium. So i dosed calcium chloride for 4 days 400 ml per day on my 90 gallon. I was baffled the next day because the test result will always be around 320 to 380.
Then I bought a new salifert and hanna calcium test kit and got a reading of 580 ppm.
Alk at 7.3 dkh
I have stopped dosing calcium chloride.
I stopped running my kalkwasser.
My plan:
manually dose liquid soda ash and keep alkalinity stable between 7 - 8 dkh
Let calcium naturally lower to ~420 ppm
Test every day or other day.
Then once it reach that taget range for calcium turn on kalkwasser back on.
Anyone know if thats the best plan or other steps im missing?
Thanks
Then I bought a new salifert and hanna calcium test kit and got a reading of 580 ppm.
Alk at 7.3 dkh
I have stopped dosing calcium chloride.
I stopped running my kalkwasser.
My plan:
manually dose liquid soda ash and keep alkalinity stable between 7 - 8 dkh
Let calcium naturally lower to ~420 ppm
Test every day or other day.
Then once it reach that taget range for calcium turn on kalkwasser back on.
Anyone know if thats the best plan or other steps im missing?
Thanks