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If you weren't so dang far away I'd come for ya. If you can post pics and that would help a lot of us, and I bet you we could all at least pipe up and help online. /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default//emoticons/wink.gif

 

ok so high calcium often fuels low pH... where's that sitting? and how new is this tank... as far as when it was set up?

 

What's high?

 

it might have gone through a small cycle after the move, but the calcium is far more concerning. anything over 500 is going to directly affect the alkalinity... which in turns effects the pH.

I'd see if you can get that in check....

cloudy sounds like bacteria bloom. Bacteria typically takes at least 1 month to cycle through a bloom phase, that would explain the cloudiness... (aside from water change cloudiness).

 

You need to check your Alk. The above two effect it and thats what will effect your corals. Check that and get it to at least 7.

 

This is spot on in my opinion. If you moved it a few weeks ago, the cloudy water is bacteria dealing with newly available nutrients. What all parameters are you able to check?


And what salt are you using? If your tank tests high I wouldn't use an amped salt. Regular IO would be good.


Water changes and siphoning well would help remove both bacteria and the fuel it's using. It would also contribute to bringing balance back to Ca and pH, while helping maintain Alk.

 

If you can check alk., pH, and nitrate. Although there is a debate on the nitrates being harmful or not... the one thing most people can agree on is that nitrates (actually the whole bacteria/nitrogen cycle for that matter) are easily affected by wonky pH and alk. so it's actually just fueling one thing after the other...domino affect if you will.

I agree with stepping up water changes and using a *basic salt. (non reef salts are actually better for getting high Ca down....) IO will do the job well.


and YES...YES....YES... this will most definitely effect your corals.... a balanced system is a happy system. /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default//emoticons/smile.gif

Let us know how everything is doing, keep us updated.

 

If I got a reding of 600 CA I would assume my testing or test kit was flawed. Are you dosing CA? How would it get so high? How about calcium precipitate?
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-07/rhf/#1

 

ooh.... that'll do it! /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default//emoticons/wink.gif glad you noticed it though!

 

Your CA levels will only get as high as the salt mixes ca level, with water changes alone. Red Sea reef mix for example is 450-470.