Coraline growth

[McNasty]

could be my readings are off, I am going to test again, I have often wondered about calcium as it never drops lower then 450, I may have to buy some new test kits and see if they are accurate.

[TheReefGeek]

Bring a sample into your LFS they should test it for free to see if your test kit is off.

[McNasty]

Originally Posted by TheReefGeek

Bring a sample into your LFS they should test it for free to see if your test kit is off.

I live in winnipeg enough said LMAO.

I used the reference tests and it shows my results are alittle off but not by that much, My alk is still stitting close to 4 - 4.5 meq and calcium is still around 425 - 450, my ph is stable at 8.1 and has not changed and i recalibrated my meter just to make sure.

I am useing a prarie reef top off system and kalk reactor, and I was having my top off run through my reactor, so i changed the way my system tops off,

I split the line before it hits the solinoid so i have one line running to my reactor and another line strictly for fresh water. I set my drip rate at aprox one drop every 20 seconds or 3 drops a minute, so now when my top off comes on it will just be fresh water instead of kalk saturated water.

[TheReefGeek]

No LFS that can do saltwater tests in Winnipeg?

[Willow]

make sure you use a decent test kit like salifert. kalk alone will only maintain your levels around 385, even then you have to use a lot of it. i suspect you need a new test kit.

also despite steves freak of nature results in growing coraline, the rest of us have far better results growing coraline with lower light levels.

[McNasty]

I use the sea chem test kits, I am more concerned now by the steady climb in alkinity as the higer clacium should be used up in short order.