Where is my calcium going? I just tested and my calcium is reading 320/340
I doesed with Kent CB parts A&B everyday for a week at 2ml part A and 3ml part B. Ya think it'd be higher with the dosing right? I've had this low calcium issues ever since setting up my tank. Never have been able to get it above 400, let alone stay there. I'm not keeping any sps/lps so how worried should I be about the low levels. I do have snails and a shrimp though. I use RO/DI water, and Reef Crystals.
You've been dosing more of the alk this whole time. You'll need to switch and dose more A and less B. Once you have your Ca/alk balanced you may be able to meet your tank's demands with water changes alone. Since you don't have high demand organisms and you're changing (what I'm assuming to be) a good percentage of your total volume each week.
NO FREAKING WONDER!!!! 2ml of A and 3ml of B sure aint gonna raise my cal now is it? Jeeeeeeeez, well now I know Thank you guys, concider yourselves kissed!!! I'm changing almost 2g's a week. I measure!!!
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Ok, I just tested my Kh and it's at 10, good right? I also did a cal test after adding 4ml of Kent CB part A only and my reading is now 400. Do I still need to add part B?
10 and 400 seem pretty good. I wouldn't worry about it.
I may have missed it, but I don't know how many gallons your tank is. That's why I hedged on how much a 2 gallon water change represented for your tank. So, what size tank were/are we talking about?
It's an 8g biocube. I change no more then 2g's every friday. I start the water thursday night, test the sg/cal/ph before I add it to the tank. I've got 5 and 1/2lbs of LR in the tank, with about 1lb of LR rubble in 2nd chamber along with 16oz bag of Chemipure Elite. 1st chamber is factory made filter. I switch up between that and just floss. To much info? LOL.
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