What should I add to my ATO to maintain these levels?

[rennjidk]

Phosphate cannot be mixed with kalkwasser, or else calcum phosphate will precipitate.

Any danger to the tank or does it just render this dose of kalk useless? What I mean is, should I drain this or just not add more neophos next time?

 

[Pntbll687]

Why not just do a weekly water change of 2-3g?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Any danger to the tank or does it just render this dose of kalk useless? What I mean is, should I drain this or just not add more neophos next time?

I don't think it will have any bad impact to use it. The calcium is a bit lower than expected, and the phosphate isn't gettign to the tank except as calcum phospahte, which may or may not dissolve in the water.

 

[rennjidk]

ICP came in this morning and overall not too bad. I'm deficient if a handful of trace elements, especially iodine, and my Ca and Mg are trending downwards. I'm guessing I'm going to have to up my WCs to atleast once a month for the Mg, and kalk should maintain the Ca. I've also started dosing reefplus as it pretty well aligns with triton's dosing recommendations and ordered some cupamine.

Right now my ATO is just Neonitro and kalk. Are there any interactions between either of these and Reefplus? I'm having to dose several times a week anyways, so I'd prefer to mix it in if possible.

 

[rennjidk]

After digging a little further, It seems that Cuprisorb may not remove the excess aluminum. I feel like it's a safe assumption that it is bringing the copper level down. I've also read a few other thread which mention marine pure as a source of excess aluminum, which I am currently using. So with that being said:

Does marine pure cause elevated aluminum levels?
Are my levels of aluminum excessive/dangerous?
Is there any interactions between the nitrogen salts and kalk in my ATO and reefplus should I decided to add it as well?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

After digging a little further, It seems that Cuprisorb may not remove the excess aluminum. I feel like it's a safe assumption that it is bringing the copper level down. I've also read a few other thread which mention marine pure as a source of excess aluminum, which I am currently using. So with that being said:

Does marine pure cause elevated aluminum levels?
Are my levels of aluminum excessive/dangerous?
Is there any interactions between the nitrogen salts and kalk in my ATO and reefplus should I decided to add it as well?

Yes, marine pure has been implicated in aluminum release, although some have claimed it is batch related. In any case, I personally wouldn't use it. Certainly, other aluminum containing media do release aluminum.

Your levels may be fine. In my tests, i did not see effects until substantially higher.

I do not recommend tarce element mixtures be put into kalkwasser as some may precipitate.