high calcium levels

[lsplitte]

My calcium levels are around 600-650ppm. I don't dose B-ionic regularly because of this. My tank is 450 gal, alkalinity stays at 3.2, sp gravity is 1.023. the only thing that I can think of is that I bought alot of fossilized base rock from florida, other than that, I have no idea. Any ideas

 

[Anonymous]

Bad test kit would be my guess. Are you using Oceanic salt?

 

[lsplitte]

I do use oceanic salt. The test kits are by red sea and salifert. Both of the kits are pretty close.

 

[Anonymous]

The Oceanic Salt explains the high Ca. B-Ionic is fine but you only need the 'A' part since your Calcium is high. It might be cheaper to just switch to baking soda to maintain your ALK and let Calcium just drop naturally on it's own.

Be sure not to overdose!!!

You might want to consider switching salt brands if you don't have a lot of corals to consume the Calcium.