why didn�t you kept using the same product if it was working fine?? i would suggest you to keep using the same calcium until you finish the bottle but if you don�t see any improvement switch to your old calcium.
-----Original Message----- From: Shane Clays [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Jueves, 01 de Noviembre de 2001 10:10 a.m. To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Yet another calcium problem/question.... All, I recently began using Tropic Marin calcium (powdered form). When I began using it, my calcium was at about 420. When I switched over to the TM, my calcium stayed in that range. I continued to dose my alk buffer at the same amount (which keeps my alk at 4.6ish (meqs) and pH at about 8.3). Well, recently, my calcium began to drop. I thought maybe the animals were using it up a little more quickly, hoping that it was just a quality, highly bio-available product. So, I began dosing a bit more. I have been testing every morning, at the same time and the calcium is steadily dropping at about 20 ppm a day. I am now down to about 340 ppm and am adding more and more every day. Yesterday, I added 1.5 times the dose and this morning, I added twice the recommended dose, which should raise the calcium about 56 ppm. When I add the calcium, my pH immediate begins to drop, which seems to be an indicator that the calcium is "being recognized" by the system, and the buffering capacity in the tank. By the end of the day, my pH is back up to normal, but when I test the next morning my calcium is down, and now, way down. I also noticed a white line in my sump, which appears to be calcium, but I add the calcium to my sump, so I figured that is why there was a buildup there. The bottle says that you may notice a drop in calcium when switching products, and I am hoping that is all that is going on here, but I am not sure I am comfortable just leaving it at that. Any thoughts or suggestions anyone??? TIA, Shane C. ________________________________________ LEAVING THE LIST ================ To stop receiving messages you will need to send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a command to remove you from the list. The list manager controls who belongs to the list. For example: -------------------------------------------------------------- From: John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: <not needed> UNSUBSCRIBE -------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________ LEAVING THE LIST ===============To stop receiving messages you will need to send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a command to remove you from the list. The list manager controls who belongs to the list. For example: -------------------------------------------------------------- From: John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: <not needed> UNSUBSCRIBE --------------------------------------------------------------
