 Phosphate/Calcium Issues Continued
I wanted to create a new post because the old one is too hard to read through. So, I got my Kh to drop from 22 to 13!! Wooo hooo!!! But I am going to my LFS to re-check my Mg, Calc, and Phos levels because I am still showing low Calc (300) and high Phos(2-4).
I STILL have not added fish to my tank. It has been over 3 weeks. Just so everyone reading knows, I cleaned up an already established 14gal BioCube reeftank, using about 50% of the already-cycled water. The tank had been established for a year, but was not well maintained. I continue to use the original live rock, about 3 pounds of which was broken-down and loaded into the back chamber of the tank. I also kept the elegance and zoanthid corals. also have a coral banded, 8 hermits, and 4 snails. I am planning on getting more snails, (the hermits ate most of the little ones).
My parameters:
My (expensive) salt - Tropic Marin
Temp - 80
SG - 1.0235
PH - 8.2
Amm/Trite/Trate- 0/0/<5
Kh - 13
Calc - 320
Phos- somewhere between 2-4 (funny color)
I bought "PhosGard," or something along those lines. The little pouch was rated for 30 gallons, and it said not to overtreat the water, so I took out 50% of the contents of the pouch. After 5 days and my Phosphates still sitting at 8, I added the other half of the Gard and did a 3 gal water change with RO. 2 hours later, my Phosphate test kit went from a dark blue to a "not-as" dark blue. 12 hours later, I tested again and it looks like my phosphates dropped to 2-4. My RO water - tested prior to adding to the tank - came back at 0. No phosphates.
Im hoping to confirm these test results today and report back to you guys for feedback. But hopefully the Phos keeps dropping, and the last LFS that tested my Mg was wrong. Because I can't understand why my Calc won't go up when I add Seachem's Calc supplement if my Mg is at 1450... | 
