This is step by step what he told me to do & how it worked. I'll try to be short.
1. Stopped using 2 part cal. not potent enough. Used liquid cal. at double daily dose.
2. He said raise ALK to 3.6-3.8 & try to force the cal. types to mix. He also said alk. buffer is just baking soda? Tried this for a week, didn't work for me, the level stopped falling but not rising.
3. Switched to Turbo Calcium (which they said would mix with liquid cal.)He said keep adding & checking every 2 hrs. until I saw a rise then add that much daily until level is up. I added 6 tsp. the first day & 3 tsp. daily for a week until I used all 200g I bought & it tested 400.
4. Level was still unstable & dosage was un predictable so he said add Magnesium. After adding Magnesium level stabilized at 450 & I now top off with Kalk & add 1/2 to 1 tsp. Turbo Cal. weekly.
My situation was a bit different than yours because my calc. level was way low to begin with as well as my buffer capacity, that's why the Magnesium helped.
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Shane Clays [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 4:14 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: Yet another calcium problem/question....
Forgot to ask, did your calcium eventually come up? What did you do,
continue to add double dose, or just recommended dose or what?
Thanks again,
Shane
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sisemore, Chris [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 2:55 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: Yet another calcium problem/question....
>
> I had a similar problem when I was using a 2 part calcium, even at double
> the recommended dose my level would not go up, so I supplemented it with
> Kent liquid calcium & my test level started to fall. The LFS owner told me
> mixing two different types of cal. skewed the test, because it reads the
> level of each individually & cant add it up.(something like that) If that
> is true your calcium may not be low added together, but the old type is
> being used up & the new type won't show a rise until its level is higher
> than the old.
>
> Hope that made sense ?
>
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shane Clays [ <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 3:20 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: Yet another calcium problem/question....
>
>
> Good call. I will check the alk again. Generally, I have been able to
> watch
> my pH and it has directly related to the alk of the tank. Will check it
> again and see whats up. I think I will try testing the calcium thoughout
> the
> day and see if there are any large fluxes. It just seems wierd, because it
>
> is obvious the calcium is recognized in the system because the pH dips
> when
> I add it. I guess if my alk is way high, it would do just that, then over
> 24
> hrs, the calcium would be reduced by the high alk...I do 25 gallon water
> changes each weekend, and it seemed to be keeping that balance in check.
> But
> I guess it couldnt hurt....just the pocket book a bit!
>
> Thanks,
> Shane
>
________________________________________
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
--------------------------------------------------------------
