|
Hey all this weekend I got myself a calcium test kit its a salifert test kit and I got a verry high reading its over 500 so I am concerned what I did next was test the ph and its low at between 8 and 7.7..I dont have a alkalinity test kit at this stage...
Started by Philip.Cloete on
, 11 posts
by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at marineaquariumsa):
Chasing....
Normally high Ca levels big fans blowing onto the water from about 3.5 cm .
But you need to test your alkalinity first.
carbonate) will raise KH and pH.
|
|
So... after over dosing kalk and having a pretty good snow storm, the water has cleared and I've cleaned-up the mess. Now I've started testing water chemistry. Alk and magnesium are much lower than they were before the event but still in the good level...
Started by reefgeezer on
, 4 posts
by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at reefcentral):
Alk can drop a....
One does not expect calcium to be much lower after such an event.
Depending on your calcium kit comes from the calcium and alk that was added.
Calcium carbonate will be measured with an alkalinity kit.
|
|
I recently bought some two part to raise my calcium level up from the 340 that it tested. I decided to wait until after my water change before starting in order to get a baseline starting point. For the heck of it I checked my mixed saltwater before adding...
Started by tonyg520 on
, 11 posts
by 5 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at reefcentral):
Less likely is an "....
It's a good error, IMO.
If your animals are healthy, I'd leave well enough alone until I had second or even third opinions on the SG, calcium, and maybe alkalinity.
It might precipitate some calcium carbonate.
|
Ask your Facebook Friends
|
My vet suggested I up my dogs calcium intake. He is 8 years old and is a sprocker.
He is fed Proplan with a spoon of whatever make of the 4 oils I buy which she says is very good, but his skin is still a little flaky .
Can I give him one of my calcuim...
Started by bubbles1 on
, 3 posts
by 2 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at totalfrance):
In which case.
Why does your vet think you should up the calcium?
Has a blood test shown it is low? Proplan should provide all the calcium needed unless there is an underlying medical condition.
|
|
When should I be concerned? I lost one parathyroid and one was biopsies on 1/24.
Started by By janitaz on
, 12 posts
by 8 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at inspire):
Tums contains calcium carbonate, a good supplementAre they monitoring your calcium and albumin? That's symptom of low calcium from what i understand, I was back at the....
Reply Get some Tums ASAP.
But don't over do it either.
|
|
Does anyone know where I can buy Di Dclcium in 50# bags? I have a recipe for a mineral lick and need some. According to articals I have read it should be pretty easy to get and cheap. So far the best I can do is hard to find and expensive!!
Any help is...
Started by buttplate on
, 22 posts
by 15 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at gon):
If you buy products with calcium carbonate(tums roleaids etc with calcium carbonate(tums roleaids etc), calcium citrate or calcium from ground oyster shell beds.you only....
Of calcium you put in your mixes.
|
|
I checked my parameters yesterday, all was good. But call ium was 360 and magnesium was 1140. Phone was 7.8. I have always used reef buffer for pH. I have never had to dose ca or mag. My tank has grown so much, that now I started dosing last night. I ...
Started by Llawen on
, 26 posts
by 7 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at dfwmas):
OK will this milky haze harm my through a 6 foot tank fairly clearly. .
And strontium.
Reef Tapatalk Reef advantage is for calcium, but also mag.
Reef advantage by seachem for mag, and reef complete for calcium.
What happened in think.
|
|
Hi everybody.
First post but I've been reading on here for awhile and just wanted to thank everyone for all the awesomeness. The collective knowledge of everybody here is a great resource.
Anywho,
first question; does anyone here mess around with calcium...
Started by Alphonso on
, 6 posts
by 5 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at homebrewtalk):
Sometimes of time and effort as, at mash pH, most of the carbonate and bicarbonate have been converted to carbon better...
Obviously, calcium carbonate would be a poor choice for that.
That it aids decarbonation.
|
|
Please let me know if my logic is correct with this:
I have a 30 gallon aquarium that has a small canister filter hooked up to it. Inside the canister I have placed only crushed coral as media. I have pressurized CO2 running on this particular tank, controlled...
Started by wetworks on
, 10 posts
by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at plantedtank):
But crushed? It seems like the CO2 and....
Won't hurt a thing
dolomite is basically calcium magnesium carbonate CaMg(CO3)2 so its good won't hurt a thing
dolomite is basically calcium magnesium carbonate CaMg(CO3)2 so its good.
|
|
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:42:47 -0800, Charles <ckraft@SPAMTRAP.west.net
On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:37:35 -0800 (PST), Bruce Bathurst
<bruce.bathurst@gmail.com
Well, it isn't marble, I've decided that. A chunk of white marble
behaved as it should...
Started by Charles on
, 5 posts
by 2 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
If your region has bands of calc-silicate rocks (calcium silicates.
For luster, cleavage, &c.
|
