calcium blowout
gday guys :D
I went down to the LFS today with a water sample to test the calcium levels and have had a bit of a shock.
my calcium levels are up around the 720ppm. (mg/l).
I have been using pruple up regularly according to manufacturers instructions. I didn't think that it would have blown over this much though.
obviously I am ceasing the use of the purple up until these levels drop to the recommended 400-500ppm. I am wondering should I be doing a water change or something to lower these levels?
I decided to try some geo liquid as this stuff has been recommended to me by a mate who has been into marine keeping for years (since the 1960's, he was one of the first in aus to be able to keep marine species successfully, a university did a study on him, something along the lines that they werent able to replicate marine and keep anything for longer than a month, and then found out he had kept a common clown alive for something like 9 years, unheard of back then! he breeds clowns just for fun these days but is starting to find it hard to move, he is 80+ after all!)
anyways the geo liquid is supposed to stabalise everything and bring everything into level. I have dosed the tank and am hoping later on when it clears (once clear it is supposed to be done, it states it can take up to three days to clear but the previous time I used it it took only a few hours, which I took as being fairly stable parameters and the tests I had showed this).
anyways, will the calcium level drop on its own accord or should I be doing some stuff to lower it???
I went down to the LFS today with a water sample to test the calcium levels and have had a bit of a shock.
my calcium levels are up around the 720ppm. (mg/l).
I have been using pruple up regularly according to manufacturers instructions. I didn't think that it would have blown over this much though.
obviously I am ceasing the use of the purple up until these levels drop to the recommended 400-500ppm. I am wondering should I be doing a water change or something to lower these levels?
I decided to try some geo liquid as this stuff has been recommended to me by a mate who has been into marine keeping for years (since the 1960's, he was one of the first in aus to be able to keep marine species successfully, a university did a study on him, something along the lines that they werent able to replicate marine and keep anything for longer than a month, and then found out he had kept a common clown alive for something like 9 years, unheard of back then! he breeds clowns just for fun these days but is starting to find it hard to move, he is 80+ after all!)
anyways the geo liquid is supposed to stabalise everything and bring everything into level. I have dosed the tank and am hoping later on when it clears (once clear it is supposed to be done, it states it can take up to three days to clear but the previous time I used it it took only a few hours, which I took as being fairly stable parameters and the tests I had showed this).
anyways, will the calcium level drop on its own accord or should I be doing some stuff to lower it???