Balancing alk and calsium.

[God of thunder]

Hi there.


I measured my parameter yesterday which i hadn´t done for some time.
Anyway............

alk was at 3.6-4 meq/l
Magnesium was at 1300 ppm
Calsium was at 340-360 ppm

i realise my calsium should be raised.
But could this be because i dose 2-3 teaspoons of baking soda per day along with my reef succes by red sea also 2-3 teaspoons?

[kevin2000]

Here's a reef chemistry calculator which should help. Please note that you should use the actual water volume and not the tank size.

http://home.comcast.net/~jdieck1/chemcalc.html

[sangigt2]

go to bulkreefsupply.com they have a calculator to help you manage the balance as well as bulk size 2 part dosing solution that is really good. i dose alk and calcium solution every day or so and kalk drip at night

[bertoni]

Those parameters are fine as is, in my opinion. If you want a bit faster coral growth, moving the calcium up a bit might help.

[AquamanE]

This thread has multiple articles on reef chemistry that are very helpful.

Chemistry Articles (http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=102605)