Can over dosing Calcium cause your water to turn cloudy?

I just recently started dosing with Reef Complete from Seachem. My calcium was at 340 and after reading the instructions they stated that you add one cap for every 10 you want to raise it. So I added around 8.

Well that was about two days ago and my water went from being super clear to being extremely cloudy.

Is the dosing the cause of this? I tested my Calcium today and it is currently reading 410.

The only other thing I did to my tank was add a small deli shrimp to make sure my tank had cycled.

All of my tank info can be found on my tank thread, it is about 22 days old and I was using live rock from my old tank that I took down.

 

Adding too much too soon can cause precipitation of calcium. Calcium needs time to be absorbed by the water and for your critters to adjust to chemical changes.

 

cloudy and snowing are signs of too much all at once. try spacing your dosing out to eliminate shock to your tank. you might have a ph swing small changes are what you want to do to you tank at a time. cycling of tank should be done with live rock and sand not deli shrimp.

 

i use reef complete for calcium and diddnt see hat on my instructions. it says use 1 capful for every 20 gallons up to twice a week and check calcium every 2 weeks. i would never add such a big dose at one time

 

don't dose unless you check. Rule of thumb #3. Test before you dose anything. If you are dosing for a tank on a biweekly basis and you only have one or two coral then you could be over dosing. get a test kit and make sure you know where your parameters are.

 

I do test calcium and dKH.

Can the calcium ppting out go away or is it going to stay cloudy for a LONG time lol

Thanks for all the advice I will dose slowly from now on I just really want to know how to fix my tank so the water is clear again.

 

Wait till your tank is cycled before making any water changes. If you're so concerned, you could also just start the cycle over.

 

My tank is cycled I am sure of it.

I don't want to have to start over again >.<

I was just wanting to know if it will clear up on its own?

 

With water changes, yes. Are you running carbon at all?

 

Yes I just set up my first wet/dry sump today and I just put some fresh carbon in.

I was using a HOB filter and I was running carbon with that also but only for the past week because I didn't want to run it while I was cycling.

How many water changes or is it a big water change?