90 Gallon Mixed reef

[quicksilverz]

Hello, Well I was asked to post some stuff by clownflick. So I bought a guys whole set up and made it better with larger sump better equipment and what not and a lot more corals. I am having a problem keeping my Calcium up and I have no clue why parameters are as follows. Alk -12.0 Cal -350-400 Mag-1520 PH; -8.4 Salt-1.024 Nitrate-0 Nitrite-0 by the way how do I make images smaller so I can post.

[quicksilverz]

Let me know if you have any ideas on how to help me Fix this or stabilize this. If you have a calcium reactor that you might sell me and help set up. Also getting help posting pictures would be nice.

[alton]

Richard from CB pets had a saying your tank is like a bowl of calcium and alk marbles. Too many of one and you knock out too many of the other. Lower your alk slowly, and raise your calcium by using a quality salt. Curious what salt brand are you using to get those numbers?

[quicksilverz]

My salt is CORAL PRO. I don't buy cheat stuff cause you get what you buy in the saltwater hobby.

[alton]

I have used Coral Pro in the past and my alk and mag. were not that high? Are you buffering or adding anything?

[quicksilverz]

Right now just adding the calcium from B-Ionic.

[alton]

Not sure what corals you have but when I had a very large purple cap I had a hard time keeping my Calcium up. I fragged 95% and took it to Terry's store and with large water changes my calcium came back up

[alton]

Right now just adding the calcium from B-Ionic.

Is that the 2 part from B-Ionic? If so component 1 raises alk, and #2 raises calcium.

[quicksilverz]

Yes sir, you are right 2 part from B-Ionic. I tested it this morning and Calcium was at 390 and Alk was at 12.6 and I added 60mL of Part 2 Calcium. I have nothing near the size of the purple cap wow. I do have about 15 gulf ball size or smaller SPS and 1 tennis ball size LPS and clam. Please how did u post that Picutre I can show you.

[alton]

Go to advanced below, click on manage attachments, click on add files, click on select, and then download and close. Always click on review before posting

[alton]

Mix up a bucket of fresh seawater and test that bucket for Calcium, mag and alk. If everything is as advertised then use water changes to get your levels in check versus dosing.

[quicksilverz]

Sweet Thanks Sir, I will do that when I get home dont have photos on my work computer.

[quicksilverz]

Mix up a bucket of fresh seawater and test that bucket for Calcium, mag and alk. If everything is as advertised then use water changes to get your levels in check versus dosing.

I been doing 5 gallons a day to slowly bring it up. Its on the up swing as we speak just the Calcium keeps droping every night like from 400 to 380 or so never seen drops like that. Also have not made my target of 450 Calcium yet.

[quicksilverz]

crap trying to upload pictures it doesn't work. A page comes up and its just the background color nothing alts this is getting frustrating.

[alton]

If you are hitting the basic uploader? If you are that maybe your problem

[alton]

I been doing 5 gallons a day to slowly bring it up. Its on the up swing as we speak just the Calcium keeps droping every night like from 400 to 380 or so never seen drops like that. Also have not made my target of 450 Calcium yet.

One thing I have learned when trying to correct or change is take it slow, if it takes you 6 months to get it normal so be it, your corals do not like sudden change. I ran into this issue years ago with Oceanic salt with my calcium being over 700 and low alk numbers. I started using instant ocean to lower calcium and bring up alk until everything was fine.