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So as title says, my calcium is currently “570ppm” according to salifert test kit and I have tested a few times back to back getting roughly the same levels. Prior to high calcium I did notice my alk get low to what I believe was 6.8dkh which I’ve heard if there’s an imbalance in alk/calcium , calcium can just shoot up , which I think is what happened because after I started to dose alk (sodium carbonate) to try to get it back up to desired level, my calcium started to rise as well .
Now the question is how do I lower my calcium without affecting anything else . Currently keeping things stable dosing All For Reef (0.9ml a day). Tank is a waterbox 10g AIO.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I think these are the 2 best possible ways of doing so that I’ve found ….
1. Doing frequent water changes with lower calcium level salt to try to bring calcium down, how ever I feel like doing that will also throw my N03 and P04 off and cause me to bottom out .
2. Stop AFR and just dose sodium carbonate to keep alk where it’s at and let calcium drop by itself . But question is how much sodium carbonate do I need to dose to keep alk stable.
Everything in tank is healthy and growing , I have not seen any ill effect on my corals so not sure if to leave it alone and let it be or try to adjust the calcium back to NORMAL parameters.
Now the question is how do I lower my calcium without affecting anything else . Currently keeping things stable dosing All For Reef (0.9ml a day). Tank is a waterbox 10g AIO.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I think these are the 2 best possible ways of doing so that I’ve found ….
1. Doing frequent water changes with lower calcium level salt to try to bring calcium down, how ever I feel like doing that will also throw my N03 and P04 off and cause me to bottom out .
2. Stop AFR and just dose sodium carbonate to keep alk where it’s at and let calcium drop by itself . But question is how much sodium carbonate do I need to dose to keep alk stable.
Everything in tank is healthy and growing , I have not seen any ill effect on my corals so not sure if to leave it alone and let it be or try to adjust the calcium back to NORMAL parameters.