Tips of the trade..

[CaptiveReefer03]

Hey everyone ,

Im in seach of some " tips of the trade " Ive gotten my system up and running and I have a balanced system, however; I'm failing to be able to raise my Calcium levels above 340-380 and I cant seem to bring my Alk and KH into check. My question is does anyone have any advice for me ? Im running a bare bottom system which was est. about a month ago (I know its not matured yet) and Im taking it slow prior to any additions of my acros from my other system but I have yet to deal with a system this large and find that its giving me a run for my money...

In overview Nitrates, Nitrties, Phospates are 0, Amonia is less then .025 Ph is 8.2 Salinity is 1.024- 1.026, system has about 2-300 pounds of base rock with some coraline growth started. All perameters were tested with salferit kits. Over all volume is between the 650-700 gallon mark currently. Supplimental A and B have been added constantly and kalk has been established with supplimental use of stabalizer for pH and Alk with no sucess and supplimental trace elements.

Thanks for any advice and for taking the time to stop in and read the tread.

Charles,
The CaptiveReefer-