Test every day? No, Only need to do it on a regular basis. I would do your 2
or 3 water changes, get everything to normal levels, then test weekly at the
most.
I don't know how big your tank is, but I would say water changes on the
order of 50% or more each.
And then work on that calcium reactor. :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shane Clays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 11:21 AM
Subject: RE: Yet another calcium problem/question....
> Derek,
> You were right. Alk was high. I should have known. I get to dependent on
my
> pH readings, and dont follow the steps I should. Now, heres the thing.
After
> I do a couple of huge water changes over the weekend and sort of "reset"
the
> system, what should my approach to re starting the alk/calcium thing be?
> Should I let the system settle for a week or so, should I begin testing
and
> adding right away? Full doses do you think? I guess I need to be doing alk
> and calcium tests every day. That sucks, and it is expensive, so I was
> hoping to avoid it, but it looks like that is going to be the only way for
> me to keep tabs on it properly.
>
> By the way, the do not recommend adding the alk and calcium together, but
I
> dont do that anyways. I add my calcium in the morning in one large dose,
and
> drip the alk throughout the day.
>
> Thanks,
> Shane
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Derek W [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 11:37 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Yet another calcium problem/question....
> >
> > 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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