Calcium Level too high

[Eric]

Hi guys, just measured my Calcium level and was shock to be 35 drops of regent 3 which is around 700mg/l (AZoo Ca test kit). Question : Will too high a calcium level cause harm to the SPS or LPS corals? What remedy action can be taken or should I just leave it or add in a few more Acros or clams to help consume the calcium?

[arcanehacker]

did you check your kH? .. might be quite low now..

CHanging water is better.. unless you know how much calcium your corals take in everyday.

Maybe change around 30-40%. It should bring down the cal level to 400-500

[jd_n]

Pls discard the idea of adding any more sps and clams into ur tank so as not to waste this delicate corals away . Before doing any remedy, get another reputable calcium test kit and test ur calcium level again. If the result is the same as the Azoo brand, perform a 20-30% water change. Chk Ca level again after tat, if still on the high side, perform another 10-20% water change a week later and in the meanwhile do nt dose any calcium and Kalkwasser. If u running a Ca reactor, better diasable it. Also do chk ur KH level to see if its low.

[Eric]

Pls discard the idea of adding any more sps and clams into ur tank so as not to waste this delicate corals away . Before doing any remedy, get another reputable calcium test kit and test ur calcium level again. If the result is the same as the Azoo brand, perform a 20-30% water change. Chk Ca level again after tat, if still on the high side, perform another 10-20% water change a week later and in the meanwhile do nt dose any calcium and Kalkwasser. If u running a Ca reactor, better diasable it. Also do chk ur KH level to see if its low.

KH is 10DKH, PH 8.5 which is quite stable for the past months. I think the Calcium high might be due to my Kalkwasser dosing of 2 teaspoon per day or 4L water top up before I recently bought a chiller.

Will change 20% water and stop the kalkwasser dosing. Thanks for the input.

BTW, what's the adverse impact on the corals if calcium is too high?

[reef2]

better test again with Salifert... seems odd to have such a high Calcium level..