[bassman]

When making water for your water changes adjust the chemical balance before adding it to the tank. I struggled for months with low calcium and magnesium levels in my tank. I tested my makeup water one day and realized that my calcium and magnesium were too low, thus I was actually depleting the levels in my tank each week with my water changes. Once I started adding calcium and magnesium to my makeup water my tank levels were rock solid. I was even able to remove my kalk reactor all together.