another calcium problem

[Tight Lipped]

I cannot get my calcium levels up at all, they have been stagnant at 320 to 340, I have been adding 1/4 tsp daily of kent turbo calcium and eml of purple up daily. The water is clear and ph is 8.3, I also dose with kalwasser once a week. I am afraid I may be adding too much chemicals.

Does anyone have any suggestions here?

When I first started to use the turbo in two days it was over 420 then crashed the next day.

[amcarrig]

What are you alk and magnesium levels at?

[Tight Lipped]

I do not have a mag test but I can test the alk, not sure right now.

[Tangster]

You have to know the Alk and Mag levels thats a must.. Also how much are you dosing ? and what are you adding to rasie the ca level ?

[amcarrig]

Both alk and mag levels are needed in order to figure out where you problem lies. Can you bring a water sample to your lfs to test for mag for you?

[coral reefer]

What do you have for a bioload that requires calcium? That must be factored into the equasion as well.

[Tight Lipped]

I will have to bring a sample to the shop for testing.

As for the load, I have
ricordia mushroom
kenya tree
toadstool leather
open brain
trumpet
xenia
various other mushrooms
various polyps
Frogspawn

about 20 hermit crabs various
10 turbo snails
10 nasarious snails

boxing shrimp
2 cleaner skunk shrimp
2 sexy shrimp


I am trying to post some pics shortly.

[Tight Lipped]

Pics taken from phone, my DSLR is charging so I will get beeter pics up soon.

[reef_guru]

knowing your dKH, Mg is a must. finding out the tanks dKH consumption rate is the trick to all of this. Mg is the buffer to keep Ca up since Ca and dKH dont want to work together. calcium chloride is a potent mix to add Ca, so be carefull when using it. a Ca reactor would regulate all 3 better.

[amcarrig]

Nice tank! And those are pretty nice pics coming from a phone!