High Calcium and dKH levels

[JustinK]

Hi everyone,

Jus did a test on my water parameters and found that my levels of dKH and calcium are a bit off (parameters given below). Am thinking if this is the cause of my leathers sudddenly shrinking and not opening up though my other LS still look fine. Feel that my calcium levels are pretty high and dKH is pretty low, is there anything i can do to adjust the levels? Been dosing calcium recently, guess its the cause of my high calcium levels this will also affect my dKH directly rite? Jus hope to find out what exactly is happening. Appreciate any form of help you guys can give

Tank Size : 2ft

Calcium : 600ppm (Salifert)

DkH : 7.5 (Aquamedi)

PH : 8.0 (PH Pen)

Ammonia : 0 (Red Sea)

Nitrite : 0 (Sera)

Nitrate : 20 (Sera)

LS:

1 x Maroon Clown

1 x False Percula

1 X Brazilian Gramma

1 x Fire Shrimp

3 x Feather Dusters

1 x baby Maxima

Keeping mainly LPS and Softies

Filtration:

Eheim Pro 2222

Inbuilt Mechanical/Biological Filter

Prizm Skimmer

Lighting:

1 x 150W DE 10kk

Resun CL450 Chiller

[FuEl]

Do slow weekly waterchanges. Should be able to reset your calcium levels to the norm.

[ryz]

wow so high? I thought that once it hits 550ppm will start to precipitate already

[JustinK]

No leh, never precipitate... not that i can see anyway but it rocketed after i added calcium to my tank... hmmm...shall stop adding it and jus do my water changes i guess... Wat bout the dkh? The level acceptable or should i add some Reef Builder to bring up the level?

[Michael Young]

Justin, read this article by Randy Holmes-Farley. It should help.

[JustinK]

Justin, read this article by Randy Holmes-Farley. It should help.

Ok, thanks Michael, its pretty helpful and informative.