Hi All,
So I came home today to find my green hammer looking like crap.
My tank is a 180 gallon with 4' sump, skimmer rated for 400gal, reactor running rowaphos, and refugium with cheato.
So I tested my water 2 weeks ago before a 30 gallon water change and my readings were:
pH 8.10
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10
Phosphate .11 ppm
Calcium 523 ppm
Alkalinity 6.832 dkH
Meant to do another test the day after but life got a little crazy but I figured if anything prams should have gone down. The only thing I have done different is I started treating my tank with Polylab Medic, (Active Ingredients: Crystallized Peroxide Salts).
Anyhow I did another water test and my reading were:
pH 8.14
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10
Phosphate .25 ppm
Calcium 572 ppm
Alkalinity 8.568 dkH
Any idea on why my calcium would go up? I know I need to change out my rowaphos and I'll do that tonight but can't figure out why my calcium would be going up when I don't dose calcium. The only thing I add to my tank is what I put in my fish food:
Seachem Garlic Guard
Seachem Entice
Seachem Reef Plus
Brightwell Vitamarin-C
Any ideas?
So I came home today to find my green hammer looking like crap.
My tank is a 180 gallon with 4' sump, skimmer rated for 400gal, reactor running rowaphos, and refugium with cheato.
So I tested my water 2 weeks ago before a 30 gallon water change and my readings were:
pH 8.10
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10
Phosphate .11 ppm
Calcium 523 ppm
Alkalinity 6.832 dkH
Meant to do another test the day after but life got a little crazy but I figured if anything prams should have gone down. The only thing I have done different is I started treating my tank with Polylab Medic, (Active Ingredients: Crystallized Peroxide Salts).
Anyhow I did another water test and my reading were:
pH 8.14
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10
Phosphate .25 ppm
Calcium 572 ppm
Alkalinity 8.568 dkH
Any idea on why my calcium would go up? I know I need to change out my rowaphos and I'll do that tonight but can't figure out why my calcium would be going up when I don't dose calcium. The only thing I add to my tank is what I put in my fish food:
Seachem Garlic Guard
Seachem Entice
Seachem Reef Plus
Brightwell Vitamarin-C
Any ideas?