Calcium?help
 

Ok my calcium is a bit to high for my liking what can I do to lower it from around 485 ppm down to 420?

What were your other parameters again? Specifically alkilinity?

:redface: i don't have an alkalinity test.
My other water parlaments are...
Ammonia=0.25ppm
SG=1.022
pH=8.4
No2=10ppm
No3=0ppm

Go get an Alk test kit...there's no meaningful measure of Ca without it.

is NO2 nitrogen dioxide, I think aircare tested my car for that

Salinity?

RO water?

salinity=1.022(SG)
RO water=no I use DI water.

What brand of test kit are you using? Sometimes Hagen test kits can give you high readings.

Are you running a FOWLR tank? If not, may I suggest raising your SG to 1.025 or 1.026?

Also how long has your tank been running. From those parameters it looks to me like its still cycling.


I'd just do a couple of water changes to get the ca lower. IMO.

:rofl:

NO2 is nitrogen dioxide
NO2- is nitrite

I had to look that up, forgot about the polarity. :razz:

The test kit I'm using is Salifert but that is only for calcium. For No2, No3, pH and ammonia is aquarium pharmaceuticals.

How can I bump up my salinity without just dumping salt should I just make some DI water and make it's salinity at 1.025-1.026 or add salt because I am willing to add water to top of my sump level.