Corals Dying - Calcium

[Seriak]

Originally Posted by asylumdown

I should also ask, why were you dosing calcium at the rate you were dosing, and what concentration do you mix your calcium solution to (1 cup per gallon or...)? Was it low when you started? You should be tuning the amount you dose calcium to match the rate at which it's being consumed, as determined over a couple of weeks of regular testing and adjusting. If you're not mixing your dosing solution to the same concentration each time you refill it, you'd then need to re-tune your doser when the reservoir was replenished. Was 40 seconds 3 times a day a number that you determined to the be the right number to maintain your levels where you wanted them?

I add 2 cups of calcium chloride to 1 gallon of water. My Calcium was around 350 when I really started dosing more. It then jumped to 500 so I have since turned it down and it hovers around 470 last time I checked. I am going to leave my doser off for the next month to see what happens.

When I say it covers my corals, I mean it does overgrow my zoas very slowly and if my tips of my SPS start to die it grows there as well.