Turbo Calcium

[Johnny Reefer]

What's so "Turbo" about it?
I have time again, now, to continue trying to raise my Mg and Ca.
My targets are 400 Ca and 1,290 Mg.
On March 11th I was at 215 Ca and 1,005 Mg.
Okay...well that seemed a little out of ratio to me so I calculated 400/1,290 as is x/1,005. x= 312.
Okay....well let's get the Ca up to 312 first, then continue with the Mg and get that to 1,290. Then finish off with Ca to 400.
The package says to dose 1/8 teaspoon per 50 gal on a lightly loaded reef tank. Well I know from using it 5-6 weeks ago that 1/8 teaspoon did nothing.
So on March 11th I doubled the dose to 1 teaspoon on my 180+25sump=205gal reef.(1/2 tsp/50g)(I know Steve, not actually 205g)
The next days reading showed the Ca still at 215. So I doubled it again to 2 teaspoons. (Quadruple the package's recommended dose).
The next days reading showed the Ca still at 215. So I added another 2 teaspoon quad dose.
Today? You guessed it. Ca 215. "Turbo" my bum. So I have added another 4 teaspoons today. (8x the package's recommended dose!).
Tomorrow's reading should show some increase!

Anyone else have similiar experiences with this stuff?

Oh, wait. It's a Kent product. Maybe they forgot to put calcium in it!

Thanx much and cheers,

[Invigor]

maybe your test kit is hooched? tried it with a friends?

[Aquattro]

Try Andy's calculator...

http://www.andy-hipkiss.co.uk/index.....uk/cacalc.htm

[Aquattro]

and a hint.....you might need a bigger spoon!!

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by Johnny Reefer

Oh, wait. It's a Kent product. Maybe they forgot to put calcium in it!

Sorry to go off topic here, but I'm wondering the same thing about ALL Kent products since the salt fiasco. Dang, and I've been using Kent additives, but not the Turbo Ca, for awhile now.

BTW, this calculator lists Kent Turbo Ca....

http://home.comcast.net/~jdieck1/chem_calc3.html

[StirCrazy]

Bring your MG to proper levels first and your Ca will raise a bit. then tune your Ca. oh and like Brad said, throw away the teaspoon and get a measuring cup

Steve

[Johnny Reefer]

Ya. Looks like I need about 8 tsp a day over 10 days. Good thing I bought a pound of the stuff. Wonder why the heck Kent would say to start off with 1/8 tsp per 50 gal. That is just waaaay not enough. 8 tsp/day, for my system, is 16x that! They are losin' my respect fast. (Not that I had any for them to begin with, as I just recently started buying their products. Two buckets salt, one good one bad, and this Turbo Calcium).

Steve,
I want to get the Ca part way up first. I think some of my LPS are suffering from the 215 ppm Ca.

Thanks guys and cheers,

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by Johnny Reefer

I want to get the Ca part way up first. I think some of my LPS are suffering from the 215 ppm Ca.

Do what Steve says. He knows what he's talking about.

Your lps are suffering from both low Ca and Mg. BTW, what's your alk? If your alk is off, it will need to be addressed while you're adjusting the other two.

[Johnny Reefer]

Alk is 8.4 dKH.

Cheers,

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Johnny Reefer

Ya. Looks like I need about 8 tsp a day over 10 days. Good thing I bought a pound of the stuff. Wonder why the heck Kent would say to start off with 1/8 tsp per 50 gal. That is just waaaay not enough. 8 tsp/day, for my system, is 16x that! They are losin' my respect fast. (Not that I had any for them to begin with, as I just recently started buying their products. Two buckets salt, one good one bad, and this Turbo Calcium).

Steve,
I want to get the Ca part way up first. I think some of my LPS are suffering from the 215 ppm Ca.

Thanks guys and cheers,

you can do a single addition to your Mg to bring it up.. not that much of a change.. I would for get the 8tsp/day thing and go 1 cup the day after you bring up your Mg, and the next day after that add another .6666666666 of a cup or if you are concerned about raising Ca by about 140ppm in 1 hour then just do 1/2 a cup a day ... I have raised Ca over 200ppm in one shot several times and not had a problem..

If you add the 1 cup.. do a Ca test the next day about the same time and recalculate you measurments first.. as I will guess you Ca will jump up about 20 to 30 PPm just from bringing your Mg up to 1350 to 1400

Steve