carbonate hardness <kh> and phosphate <po4>

[tgoeujon]

calciums at 410 but i dont have a test kit for magnesium. i cant figure why the phosphate would get so high. ive actually cut back the feeding and the phosphate increased. i was hoping the increased hardness and phosphate would be linked so it would be simpler to figure out but i guess not. lol.

[i have crabs]

since your calcium is on the lower to mid end and the alk is a on the upper end so i would add some calcium to raise it up to the 450 or even 475 range
thier can be a lot of reasons for phosphates feeding is just a common one,do you have a sand bed? and maybe check how dirty your filters are depending what you use

[michika]

8-10 dKH is fine. I run 8 dKH and 420 Ca with no problems, and some nice growth.

[marie]

Originally Posted by i have crabs

since your calcium is on the lower to mid end and the alk is a on the upper end so i would add some calcium to raise it up to the 450 or even 475 range...

Why would you waste the calcium needed to maintain levels so high when anything over 380 is all you need?

[i have crabs]

im not sayin its a problem but a dkh of 10.8 seems a little on the high side to have calcium at 410, if calcium was at 410 and alk was 7-8 it would be closer to being balance in my eyes but im not tryin to tell him his tank is gonna explode

[tgoeujon]

thanks. im gonna try doing a water change, changing my filter media and bringing my calcium levels up. ill let ya know what happens

[mark]

no fear if Alk already high and Ca okay, pushing the Ca might cause problems (Ca pcpn) rather than driving the alk down?

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