Subject: Calcium Test Kit Woes.
From: Soji John
Date: 10/1/04 4:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time
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Mandarin333 wrote:

Subject: Calcium Test Kit Woes.
From: Marc Levenson
Date: 10/1/04 1:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time
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Take a fresh sample of your water to the LFS and have them
test it for you. Bring along your kits if you like, so they
can show you how to get a reading.

Marc



Thanks Marc but these people are so incompetent that they should be bringing
their water to me to test. I have never had this problem before I started
using Southdown sand. I used to test regularly and had no problems with
RedSea's kit. I'm thinking of cutting the sample with 50% distilled water
and
then just doubling my results.

-M333


You know, I am using Southdown also (just started a new tank). This
may be the reason I am getting high values as well. I've spoken with
others who use Oceanic salt and they don't have as high calcium as I
do. It may be the aragonite dissolving in the water to give high Ca?

That's what I've been thinking since this is the only element in this tank that
is different from others I've done in the past.

-M333