Calcium Test Kit Woes.

Mandarin333 wrote:

Subject: Calcium Test Kit Woes.
From: Marc Levenson
Date: 10/1/04 1:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

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?

"Soji John" wrote in message
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Mandarin333 wrote:

Subject: Calcium Test Kit Woes.
From: Marc Levenson
Date: 10/1/04 1:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

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?


Maybe you may need to wait abit and see if anything settle. Keep on regular
water changes with RO/DI or any purified water. After three week or so, test
the water spec. and see what show.

CapFusion,...

"CapFusion" CapeFussion...@hotmail.., com wrote in message
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| Maybe you may need to wait abit and see if anything settle. Keep on
regular
| water changes with RO/DI or any purified water. After three week or
so, test
| the water spec. and see what show.
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| CapFusion,...
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I have the same issue. I just added a couple mushrooms to what was
prev a FOWLR, so I wanted to monitor Ca. I also use Oceanic, but I
have crushed arag for a sub. I got up to 12 drops!!!! (Red Sea kit)
and stopped in frustration. I have some halmeda in the sump and heavy
coraline, I'd have thought my Ca would be much lower...


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Subject: Calcium Test Kit Woes.
From: "CapFusion" CapeFussion...@hotmail..,com
Date: 10/1/04 6:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:
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Maybe you may need to wait abit and see if anything settle. Keep on regular
water changes with RO/DI or any purified water. After three week or so, test
the water spec. and see what show.

That is what I thought too Cap but my tank has had several water changes in the
past five months and still I can't get a reading.

-M333

"Mandarin333" wrote in message
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Subject: Calcium Test Kit Woes.
From: "CapFusion" CapeFussion...@hotmail..,com
Date: 10/1/04 6:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:
et

Maybe you may need to wait abit and see if anything settle. Keep on
regular
water changes with RO/DI or any purified water. After three week or so,
test
the water spec. and see what show.

That is what I thought too Cap but my tank has had several water changes
in the
past five months and still I can't get a reading.

-M333


Can you test the product water before putting into your tank? What the
reading say. Is that water from RO/DI or from some place like Tab / Facet
.... etc. Also check your water mix and see if your salt mix maybe an issue.
Your product water should be non-detectable of anything. Double check with
your LFS for your product water and your tank water and see what reading
they come up with.

CapFusion,...

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

Mandarin333 wrote:

Subject: Calcium Test Kit Woes.
From: Marc Levenson
Date: 10/1/04 1:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

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

On 02 Oct 2004 04:20:15 GMT, (Mandarin333) wrote:


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


Except that myself and hundreds of others are using Southdown sand
without problems.
It's simply aragonite sand and it's not likely to dissolve any faster
than Carrib-Sea or another brand. If you really were dissolving the
sand at an exeptionally high rate, you'd see problems with your pH and
probably also alkalinity.


Erik