Calcium and how to sort it fast ish

[ovesk8]

Hi all, recently adding a couple of hard corals to the tank drops in calcium have started and 2 weeks ago were at 360 which i have tried to start sorting with salifert liquid calcium but as its only dosed weekly and not very much it doesnt move the level. I tested tonigt and its now at 340! Im wondering if the coraline algae is consuming a lot aswel, would it benefit my system to remove some??? just off the glass. Im going to do a water change of about 20% to help aswell but that wont budge it much either so has anyone any quick fixes (:rolleyes:) or any views on removing the coraline from back glass and keep feeding ca. Thanks

[smarkham]

Coraline will use calcium to grow so that wont help. Before i setup my reactor i was dosing with brightwell calcium you can dose this every other day. If this is still no good then you may need to add a reactor. What salt are you using you may find that your fresh mix has a low calcium level.

[ovesk8]

HI Mate
Thanks for your reply. I use tropic marine fresh mix. There is about 430-450 so that not the problem. I will hack some of the coraline off and keep dosing the calcium. Anybody else has got any ideas? Thanks

[dollydip]

have you tested for mag too as i found that it had also depleted also check your dkh try the link for more info very helpfull for me

http://www.andy-hipkiss.co.uk/

also heres a thread i started a few months ago

http://www.reefcorals.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=8317

hope these help :D:D

[Mantis147]

I found the tropic marine salt had a low calcium level around 360-370ppm I swapped over to Reefcrystals which came out around 430-440ppm a lot better!

[johnl69]

Ive got some some Seachem reef advance calcium and some liquid stuff aswell as some DKH buffer tablets if you want them, they helped me sort out my calcium problems, If your popping over this way anytime you can have them:D

john

[smarkham]

yeah never known tropic marine to have that ca reading must be an odd bucket. As above i forgot to mention mg as if this is to low it will stop the ca from going high. mg really needs to be around 1350 to 1400

[fuzzydwarf]

the best results I had were with the Tropic-Marin bio calcium & very easy to work out how much to add to reach the correct level

[ovesk8]

Thanks for the replies, sorry im so slack but very ill at the moment:(
John your a good man and if im over in hull in nxt week or so il pm ya:)

My mag is 1350 and dkh stable at 8 so just need ca boosting really. Never had probs with tropic marin before so il maybe look at that and keep dosing the goodies.

Thanks:)

[col]

You need to dose more than you are, do it daily. If that doesn't work then stop using the liquid(I don't rate it) and use the powder type.

Kepp it simple for now, try the basic things.