Hi all,
I test my water every week before a water change to get a sense of where things are...this weeks numbers are mighty strange. I re-test whenever numbers seem off. Here is a synopsis of params over last 4 weeks.
date Calcium Mag alk
7/7 410 ppm 1245 x (could not find test kit)
7/16 405 1230 7.3
7/24 500+ 1275 7.0
7/29 260 1440 7.2
Sorry for the numbers smooshed together...I tried to make a nice table but I can't make it work.
All test kits are relatively new...within last 6 months. I am waiting for my Hannah colormeter to test PO4. The tank, 55-60 net gallons sump and tank, is 6 weeks old. All fish (6) look great, one crocea clam looking awesome, Rose anemone (large and with me for 4 years) sulking and moving around but that is to be expected. I have about 12 little sps frags that I put in a few weeks ago...all encrusting, especially one that is growing really well, all coloring up really well, all have polyp extension and look healthy. I knew it was a risk to put the sps frags in so early in the new system but gave it a shot. My zeo regiment is 1/2ltr zeolite, .1ml Start2 1/2 in AM 1/2 in PM, 2 drops bak/food 2x's wk since last week. So the numbers that seem really odd are the high calcium last week to really low this week...though alk staying consistant ( I re-tested these items to be really sure), also high mag reading this week. I have no calcium reactor as of yet, it was suppose to arrive yesterday. I have not put in any supplements at all. I have a slight dusting of brownish film on the glass maybe twice a week...spotty mostly, some purple coralline growth on rocks here and there...but not much to speak of at this point. A little macro algae growth here and there but dying out rapidly. Water change of 15-20% weekly. Water change on tap for later today, zeolites changed out later today as well for the first time.
Any thoughts? I guess I need to go track down a calcium booster if Ca. numbers continue to be so low after a water change. I think the low Ca. with a consistant Alk reading seems odd. Thanks in advance for any of your wisdom and advice
I test my water every week before a water change to get a sense of where things are...this weeks numbers are mighty strange. I re-test whenever numbers seem off. Here is a synopsis of params over last 4 weeks.
date Calcium Mag alk
7/7 410 ppm 1245 x (could not find test kit)
7/16 405 1230 7.3
7/24 500+ 1275 7.0
7/29 260 1440 7.2
Sorry for the numbers smooshed together...I tried to make a nice table but I can't make it work.
All test kits are relatively new...within last 6 months. I am waiting for my Hannah colormeter to test PO4. The tank, 55-60 net gallons sump and tank, is 6 weeks old. All fish (6) look great, one crocea clam looking awesome, Rose anemone (large and with me for 4 years) sulking and moving around but that is to be expected. I have about 12 little sps frags that I put in a few weeks ago...all encrusting, especially one that is growing really well, all coloring up really well, all have polyp extension and look healthy. I knew it was a risk to put the sps frags in so early in the new system but gave it a shot. My zeo regiment is 1/2ltr zeolite, .1ml Start2 1/2 in AM 1/2 in PM, 2 drops bak/food 2x's wk since last week. So the numbers that seem really odd are the high calcium last week to really low this week...though alk staying consistant ( I re-tested these items to be really sure), also high mag reading this week. I have no calcium reactor as of yet, it was suppose to arrive yesterday. I have not put in any supplements at all. I have a slight dusting of brownish film on the glass maybe twice a week...spotty mostly, some purple coralline growth on rocks here and there...but not much to speak of at this point. A little macro algae growth here and there but dying out rapidly. Water change of 15-20% weekly. Water change on tap for later today, zeolites changed out later today as well for the first time.
Any thoughts? I guess I need to go track down a calcium booster if Ca. numbers continue to be so low after a water change. I think the low Ca. with a consistant Alk reading seems odd. Thanks in advance for any of your wisdom and advice
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