Raiseing calcium & Alk

I Managed to get my magnesium upto 1350 from 1100 using baking soda, the next step was to raise calcium from 380 to 450 & Alk from 7 to 10+

So i have been using 2 part Kent cb daily 2 teaspoons every morning while lights off for 1 week now, they are not budging, any ideas

Thanks in advance...

P.s i do have alternate treatments, seacham calcium and tropic marin calcium should i need to try something else,

 

Might want to try some of the online calculators for how much to add to raise to your target. Seems to me, the 2 teaspoons your adding is just enough to cover how much your corals are using.

 

I add that because it recommends 2 teaspoons every 40gallons, which is what i have roughly in my 50 gallon once all rock and items in sump etc are considered, so can i and is it safe to add more then what is recommended?

 

Ok i used a online calculator and what i'm gonna do is add 15tsp a day of part a calcium and 5tsp aday of alkalinity part b for 3 days,
I will post the results

Thanks again...

 

You mean Epsom Salt? Baking soda doesn't contain Mg.

I am not familiar with the product you are using enough to give you a direct answer, but you can raise Ca up to 50ppm per day and Alk up to 1dkH per day. Don't raise either more than that in a 24hr period.

 

Yes sorry my bad,
Ok i will dose and be sure to test along the way

Thank you.

 

Yea, I agree... Slower is better to raise up... don't toss all at once. If you find you're using 2teaspoons to keep it at the level, then add maybe 3 teaspoons the next day...and the following till you get it where it needs to be...

 

I'm getting nowhere,
This morning i dosed 10 tsp of part a and 4 teaspoons of part b, 8am

Just tested 6pm still the same calcium 380ppm alk 7, what gives im getting frustrated

 

What test kits are you using?

 

Salifert, calcium, dated 2018, jbl,alk

I know they both work and that the supplent im using is the real deal because when I remove half a litre of water from my main display and add a teaspoon of each the readings are off the chart

Am I still not adding enough, or could something be making it percipitate out the eater, my magnesium is 1350ppm using epsom salt, test kit salifert, 2016