Calcium testing question

ah ha now it makes sense my instructions do not say shake the vile after you add second bottle drops duh

 

Well, you have me here waiting like a beach.


luna

 

hey guys thanks for all your help i hate instructions i learn from trial and error in this case when i have thousands tied up in a stupid fish tank lol i try to follow them

 

well now the calcium is too high lol we are looking 580 so ill be doing a water change this weekend i see im gonna post two pics of these dead corals maybe you guys can help also is there a test for iodine?

 

here they are the one is birdsnest the other is a i forgot youll know for some reason i have no luck keeping these kind good thing they are cheap everything else is great

 

having just read through this...

First, I'd recommend testing one more time... just to be sure.

Second, if you've been dosing Ca (liquid or otherwise) but have not been testing, your level could very well be that high.

So the "lesson" is don't dose anything without testing before and after. Basically.

Third, the Ca will naturally fall to proper levels on its own, a WC isn't exactly necessary. It may precipitate out and make your water cloudy though.

Last, if you're Mg isn't where it should be, you will have a very difficult time long term keeping your Ca at any particular level.

Good luck!

 

mg? magnesium? i havent tested for that

 

Yeah. When you do (I recommend Salifert brand as API doesn't make one and Red Sea is rather difficult to perform and results are hard to read) what you're shooting for is something in the 1400-1500 range

Keeping it up there stable, will make keeping Ca and Alk stable much much easier.

There are several threads out on "auto dosing". I'd search that. You may not be interested in the 'automation' part of it, but they talk heavily about ways to dose Ca, Mg, and Alk daily to maintain proper levels.

 

anything on those hard corals dieing?

 

Peredhil is right on the money(as usual). I did notice that in the first pic that you posted, you have a HUGH Aiptasia somewhere in the bottom middle of the pic. Get rid of it as it will sting any coral around it.

Your second pic, which is a pic of a Montipora cap, is totally dead.

Your Birdsnest is dying, but still alive at the tips. You can cut right below the "living" part and frag them to save it, but you would need to place them in another tank.


luna