Calcium Level?

[sergiotami]

My current calcium level is 360, want to get it to 410, BRS calculator says 460.5 ml. Seems like a lot, do I add all that at once?

[Texreefer]

no, more like over a weeks time... I would not raise it more than 10 ppm per day. or less even, depending on where your Alk is sitting

[Reefnub]

I would take it slow and add a little a day and spread it out over a week or more.

[Reefnub]

what he said

[sergiotami]

Great, will plan on doing this over a 7 to 10 day period to be on safe side....

[rrasco]

So when you raise a level like that, over the course of a week or so, how do you account for what is actually consumed by the corals?

[Reefnub]

You would just add until you reach your target number and then leave it alone for a week to see how much it dropped and devide that by 7 and you will find your amount you will have to dose each day but you will have to add more to catch up back to your target number or over shoot your targer number and let it drop down to what you want and start dosing.

[rrasco]

When I raised my cal and alk to the desired levels I dosed it all in one day. Then I tested and then dosed the next day. Repeated until I found what kept my levels consistent. Then again, this was a 30g and I wasn't raising my levels much.