I would double check your alk and see if it's getting high, might be keeping
the calcium down. Do a couple big water changes to help restore the
buffering balance. Also, do they recommend using the buffer with the TM?
Derek
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shane Clays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 11:09 AM
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.
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