Partial Water Changes

[Peter Pan]

My Calcium levels are high in my 75 gal tank
Will a partial water change help bring the levels down?
thanks

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[Richard Reynolds]

> My Calcium levels are high in my 75 gal tank
> Will a partial water change help bring the levels down?
> thanks

how high is high, whats your alk level ??

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Richard Reynolds

[Marc Levenson]

Just don't add any more calcium for the next few days and it will drop
automatically as it is consumed by calcium needing creatures (coralline, snails,
ca-based corals).

Marc


Peter Pan wrote:

> My Calcium levels are high in my 75 gal tank
> Will a partial water change help bring the levels down?
> thanks
>
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[Dragon Slayer]

a partical water change will particaly change the Ca levels.

if Ca is high, then your Alk is most likely low, you need to correct the
imballance to prevent it and a large water change will help get it back to
normal levles.

kc

[Peter Pan]

My Calcium was over 600 and by Alk I just checked is 144.
I'm in the middle of a partial water change using RODI. I know I need to
reduce the Cal to 400, what should the Alk be?
I have a new tank which is 5 weeks old, I only have LR (50 lbs) and nothing
else in the tank. I was advised to get these levels under control before
moving ahead to corals

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"Richard Reynolds" > wrote in message
news:O8jjb.82354$gv5.58255@fed1read05...
> > My Calcium levels are high in my 75 gal tank
> > Will a partial water change help bring the levels down?
> > thanks
>
> how high is high, whats your alk level ??
>
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> Richard Reynolds
>
>
>

[Richard Reynolds]

> My Calcium was over 600 and by Alk I just checked is 144.
> I'm in the middle of a partial water change using RODI. I know I need to
> reduce the Cal to 400, what should the Alk be?
> I have a new tank which is 5 weeks old, I only have LR (50 lbs) and nothing
> else in the tank. I was advised to get these levels under control before
> moving ahead to corals

after changing the water you have already made up stop adjusting

i dont know alk as 144, what test kit did you use, if its HIGH then just leaving it be
will work the best.

common alk measurements are meq/l(2-6) and dkh (9-14)

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Richard Reynolds

[Peter Pan]

the reading was 144 ppm (mg/L) CaCO3.
According to the Lamotte Alkalinity Test Kit

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"Richard Reynolds" > wrote in message
news:hPojb.82470$gv5.35416@fed1read05...
> > My Calcium was over 600 and by Alk I just checked is 144.
> > I'm in the middle of a partial water change using RODI. I know I need to
> > reduce the Cal to 400, what should the Alk be?
> > I have a new tank which is 5 weeks old, I only have LR (50 lbs) and
nothing
> > else in the tank. I was advised to get these levels under control before
> > moving ahead to corals
>
> after changing the water you have already made up stop adjusting
>
> i dont know alk as 144, what test kit did you use, if its HIGH then just
leaving it be
> will work the best.
>
> common alk measurements are meq/l(2-6) and dkh (9-14)
>
> --
> Richard Reynolds
>
>
>