VERY HIGH CALCIUM

[kleinfreak]

I recently changed calcium brands...doo dee doo dee do...and my calcium just tested at over 600... What should I do? Water change? Let it ride?

All other parameters well within acceptable range.

 

[Mikef1]

I would just let it ride as long as it didnt throw your alk off. What are your alk and ph?

 

[kleinfreak]

alk registered a 3 and pH is.....(testing right now)......8.2

 

[EmilyB]

I would be thinking you should be seeing precipitation if it were that high. What test kit are you using - maybe you can test with someone else's to check it ?

 

[kleinfreak]

I would be thinking you should be seeing precipitation if it were that high. What test kit are you using - maybe you can test with someone else's to check it ?

thats exactly what I was thinking...so we tested at 2 LFS as well
I know one was a LaMotte and I don't know about the other. Looked like a Salifert / FasTest hybrid

Didn't notice any precipitation, all I noticed is that all of my coraline is turning green.
:evil:

 

[Mikef1]

You might not see any precipitation because your alk and ph arent high also. You need your ph to be high like 8.6 or alk to be very high for calcium to precipitate fast.

 

[kleinfreak]

so just let it be then and it should eventually go down? halimeda should take care of it in short time shouldn't it?