Chapter 3: 150g SCA Tank
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First test results are in! Check out that calcium…yikes. I reckon it still calibrating some however I am using kalk in the ato to keep the alk up.
What happens if your calcium is super high?
What happens if your calcium is super high?
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“What happens if your calcium is super high?”
Here’s how RHF approaches cal/alk & has recommendations for various anomalies. Skip down to scenario #4 & for your situation -
reefs.com
Here’s how RHF approaches cal/alk & has recommendations for various anomalies. Skip down to scenario #4 & for your situation -
Chemistry And The Aquarium: Solving Calcium And Alkalinity Problems
I hope this article proves useful is understanding and dealing with the different types of calcium and alkalinity problems encountered by reef keepers. Once you get calcium and alkalinity under control, you are far along the road to having your tank chemistry optimal for its inhabitants.
reefs.com
It’s tough to pass up a good deal even when you know you shouldn’t.
CB Fireworks Chalice
CB Fireworks Chalice
I hate you
Joining my other 2 notable chalices WWC Jelly Bean and Crayola Meltdown
Ok you’re first on the list for a frag
Let it test for a week and then do the calibration for the Trident.
Great looking chalices. I would buy some but they would likely not do well in my tank. I may see if I have some extra room on the sides where the par level is lower
making my chalice game look weak.
nice collection.
nice collection.
you still win in everything else. well, i probably have more fish than you at this point too, lol
i'm curious about the crayola meltdown...it currently just looks like a mummy eye.
fingers crossed
fingers crossed
i hope you didn't spent too much money on it. i thought it was a mummy eye at first glance.
“What happens if your calcium is super high?”
Here’s how RHF approaches cal/alk & has recommendations for various anomalies. Skip down to scenario #4 & for your situation -
Chemistry And The Aquarium: Solving Calcium And Alkalinity Problems
I hope this article proves useful is understanding and dealing with the different types of calcium and alkalinity problems encountered by reef keepers. Once you get calcium and alkalinity under control, you are far along the road to having your tank chemistry optimal for its inhabitants.
Too add to what these guys said. Never, I repeat, NEVER make adjustments to water parameters without 1st verifying an odd ball test result with another reliable test kit.
Ok, with that out of the way. Seeing as your dosing Kalk with ATO water, if there hasn't been a lot of encrusting it wouldn't surprise me that the Cal is high and possibly rising.
You still can't trust the numbers entirely as you haven't calibrated it. All those numbers may go up or down, they may even barely change. If it's still out of whack like that after calibrating you should test with another kit to verify the number. Then slowly work in a correction plan. This is why I told you I hate dosing Kalk in an ATO and that's on top of the wear it puts on the pump. It's also why I told you that every reefer should have 2-part supplies on hand, so you can make corrections.
I have most everything you'd need to work out a dosing plan if needed. But please get a plan together so you're not putting Kalk in the ATO water anymore.
I put kalk in the ato bc the alk kept dropping. And while it’s kept the alk more or less steady - the calcium seems to have sky rocketed.
I’ve got 2 part and once I calibrate the Neptune I can set up the Dos to do it’s thing.
I’ve got 2 part and once I calibrate the Neptune I can set up the Dos to do it’s thing.
Is any of your sand bed turning into concrete?
No. I manually sift it
All areas of the sand bed? I only asked because Alk and Cal precipitation can also cause the sand bed to turn to concrete as well.
