will calcium killed your fish???

[sjsheng]

will add in too much of calcium plus kill the life stock? or fishes???

[FuEl]

Depends how much you are talking about.

Just measured my Ca levels using salifert test kit today..found it to be 510ppm..all my fishes n corals seem fine.

Reducing it to 450 though.

[Achilles Tang]

They will suffer from overgrowth of their skeleton and you will see their eyes shrink inside their oversized eye sockets. Their spines will poke past their skin and their fins will tear because of the overgrowth. Their teeth tends to grow too big until they can't close their mouths.

[FuEl]

They will suffer from overgrowth of their skeleton and you will see their eyes shrink inside their oversized eye sockets. Their spines will poke past their skin and their fins will tear because of the overgrowth. Their teeth tends to grow too big until they can't close their mouths.

Now I know how to engineer my own animals......

[sjsheng]

cause for the past few month i never add in any calcium...

and i measure my calcium level is only 20ppm

i make a huge mistake...

so just to check will adding 2 teaspoon of calcium plus.. kill my life stock ???

70ppm added in 1 time...

[Achilles Tang]

Sorry... its a joke! Just felt it was a very odd question!!! Don't take it seriously.

Seriously... you will damage your pumps first due to calcium buildup before you hurt your fishes.

It is not good to have an overdose of any single one of the many components of saltwater.

[sjsheng]

ic...

the way you describle since like you over dose a monster will start growing in the tank...

i think i will follow the instruction of adding 1 teaspoon every day when i top up water...

and slowly build up the calcium level.. before anything bad happen...

patient..

[sjsheng]

just to add in something.. i measure my dk also.. it was about 18-20dkh

any other way to reduce it???

change of water.. or let the coral slowly absorb it..

[Achilles Tang]

Hee hee.... just measure your calcium levels.. keep it to 420 to 540ppm.

[FuEl]

I think 20ppm of Ca in your tank is way too impossible. wat Ca test kit are you using? My tank is about 6 months old..I only started dosing kalk about 2 months ago...and calcium plus about 2 weeks ago..and Ca measured today @ 510ppm.

[BarraCudaTM]

Its not the calcium levels that will kill yr fish, its the probelms that comes after that. Adding too much calcium (depending on product) will affect the pH and ionic balance. Its normally the sudden change of pH that kills the fish.

[sjsheng]

i was wondering.. where calcium come from...

i never add in any calcium solution before...

for the pass few months i only add in trace element... DT and iodide..

will it increase my calcium level...

[FuEl]

Calcium can be replenished by waterchanges using newly mixed seawater....usually not sufficient to keep up with growth of hard corals and coralline algae..

Or can be replenished via adding kalkwasser..which must be dripped to prevent drastic pH swings.

Or if you are using calcium plus....it can be added manually but at a rate you are comfortable with..coz it's basically calcium chloride.

[FuEl]

just to add in something.. i measure my dk also.. it was about 18-20dkh

any other way to reduce it???

change of water.. or let the coral slowly absorb it..

With a kH that high your calcium levels will always be low. Best that you do a water change before you replenish ur calcium

[sjsheng]

i think i will test my calcium tomorrow...

i using this brand sera brand test kit...

before i add in the 3rd solution... the solution already turn blue...

[FuEl]

i think i will test my calcium tomorrow...

i using this brand sera brand test kit...

before i add in the 3rd solution... the solution already turn blue...

Get salifert or tropic marin....sera Ca test kits are absolete.

[sjsheng]

i was thinking of getting salifert...

where can i get cheaper price for this product...

[sjsheng]

anyway does this salifert test kit come with colour chart???

[FuEl]

.......all test kits do...if not how are you gonna compare anything!?

[sjsheng]

i bought this sera test kit and it do not come with a colour chart...

i read the instruction.. and it say.. turn blue...

how i know what kind of blue.. light blue ?

i think i better get a gd test kit.. before anything went wrong...

you sure this salifert come with a colour chart huh...

[FuEl]

i bought this sera test kit and it do not come with a colour chart...

i read the instruction.. and it say.. turn blue...

how i know what kind of blue.. light blue ?

i think i better get a gd test kit.. before anything went wrong...

you sure this salifert come with a colour chart huh...

oh..hehe..paiseh about that ..forgot about those that use words onli..

For salifert Ca test kit no color chart..just use ur eyes..as long as you see that it's not pink anymore (light lavender or light purple) then just take it as blue.

[Clownfish]

i using sera... works fine with me

ah yes.... Ca level = 20 X no. of drops of reagent 3.... maybe u forgot to do some multiplying?

[sjsheng]

what... no colour chart...

i am colour blind...

i think i better ask my sister to check the calcium level for me...

[derf]

for calcium n alkalinity salifert test kits, there are no charts to compare with.