How I finally Raised my Cal. to 400

[sditch]

After having a hard time maintaing my Cal. at 400, i finially have Achieved this somewhat unexpectedly. I took out a large piece of flat live rock and drilled 1/2" holes in it.

Later on that night I tested my parms. and my cal. was at 400, been that way for over two days now :)

Maybe I should drill some holes in my LR in my refugium when I need too...lol

[ek9vboi]

um yeah, that doesn't explain anything.

[drummereef]

I would expect faulty reading since you are just introducing calcium carbonate into the water from drilling holes in the rock. I would assume, once this is initial effect goes away you'll be back to square one. ;)

How and what are you dosing for calcium?
What is your alkalinity and magnesium levels testing?

[sditch]

I was using Tropic Marin Bio Calcium but it rasied my alk to much (Over 15) so I started just using Seachem Reef Calcium. My Alk is still at about 10.8 so im not sure if that is the resean why I'm having trouble or not.

I have not tested my Mg. yet as I do not have a kit. Do you think I should test the mg. levels?

-Sean