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Posted by El Scorcho on April 15, 2005, 12:27 pm
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It looks like they may be the polychaete worms. Hopefully they'll
start disappearing when I restock my tank.
How I overdosed in calcium?
Good question, I thought I was doing everything right. When I last
checked it my calcium was on or below 380 mg/L. I added a couple of
capfulls of the Ca supplement (the label says it only increases Ca by
about 3mg/L so I thought it was safe to add two cap fulls).
I had also been adding some of the coral vitamin supplement, which
doesn't really specifiy the amount of calcium. so I was rather liberal,
probably two capfulls.. I added all this within a week. I had done a
partial change, only 6 gallons, about 10 days earlier that's why I
added these supplements.
When I returned from work I was horrified to find my tomato clown,
scooter, mandarin (a.k.a. chumbawomba), and cleaner shrimp were all
dead or dying. The blue tail damsel was semi counscious... (the
bastard survived the massacre).
my star polyps, purple flower pot, and zoos were all fine. The only
livestock I had added that week were some star polyps.
Upon testing the water levels everything seemed within normal levels.
NH3 was at 0. Nitrate was a little high, don't remember how high but
it wasn't alarming. Calcium levels were off the charts.. I don't know
how high but it was definately over 600 mg/L because I stopped testing
after adding like 30 drops of the testing solution.
What did I do wrong? I don't think I did... unless the additives
mislabled the amount of Ca, or if I just can't do math...
I've had some problems with my downstairs neighbor.. the thought that
he got into my apartment and sabotaged my tank also crossed my mind....
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Posted by El Scorcho on April 15, 2005, 1:05 pm
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It looks like they may be the polychaete worms. Hopefully they'll
start disappearing when I restock my tank.
How I overdosed in calcium?
Good question, I thought I was doing everything right. When I last
checked it my calcium was on or below 380 mg/L. I added a couple of
capfulls of the Ca supplement (the label says it only increases Ca by
about 3mg/L so I thought it was safe to add two cap fulls).
I had also been adding some of the coral vitamin supplement, which
doesn't really specifiy the amount of calcium. so I was rather liberal,
probably two capfulls.. I added all this within a week. I had done a
partial change, only 6 gallons, about 10 days earlier that's why I
added these supplements.
When I returned from work I was horrified to find my tomato clown,
scooter, mandarin (a.k.a. chumbawomba), and cleaner shrimp were all
dead or dying. The blue tail damsel was semi counscious... (the
bastard survived the massacre).
my star polyps, purple flower pot, and zoos were all fine. The only
livestock I had added that week were some star polyps.
Upon testing the water levels everything seemed within normal levels.
NH3 was at 0. Nitrate was a little high, don't remember how high but
it wasn't alarming. Calcium levels were off the charts.. I don't know
how high but it was definately over 600 mg/L because I stopped testing
after adding like 30 drops of the testing solution.
What did I do wrong? I don't think I did... unless the additives
mislabled the amount of Ca, or if I just can't do math...
I've had some problems with my downstairs neighbor.. the thought that
he got into my apartment and sabotaged my tank also crossed my mind....
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Posted by El Scorcho on April 15, 2005, 1:08 pm
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It looks like they may be the polychaete worms. Hopefully they'll
start disappearing when I restock my tank.
How I overdosed in calcium?
Good question, I thought I was doing everything right. When I last
checked it my calcium was on or below 380 mg/L. I added a couple of
capfulls of the Ca supplement (the label says it only increases Ca by
about 3mg/L so I thought it was safe to add two cap fulls).
I had also been adding some of the coral vitamin supplement, which
doesn't really specifiy the amount of calcium. so I was rather liberal,
probably two capfulls.. I added all this within a week. I had done a
partial change, only 6 gallons, about 10 days earlier that's why I
added these supplements.
When I returned from work I was horrified to find my tomato clown,
scooter, mandarin (a.k.a. chumbawomba), and cleaner shrimp were all
dead or dying. The blue tail damsel was semi counscious... (the
bastard survived the massacre).
my star polyps, purple flower pot, and zoos were all fine. The only
livestock I had added that week were some star polyps.
Upon testing the water levels everything seemed within normal levels.
NH3 was at 0. Nitrate was a little high, don't remember how high but
it wasn't alarming. Calcium levels were off the charts.. I don't know
how high but it was definately over 600 mg/L because I stopped testing
after adding like 30 drops of the testing solution.
What did I do wrong? I don't think I did... unless the additives
mislabled the amount of Ca, or if I just can't do math...
I've had some problems with my downstairs neighbor.. the thought that
he got into my apartment and sabotaged my tank also crossed my mind....
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Posted by Pszemol on April 15, 2005, 8:23 pm
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> How I overdosed in calcium?
> Good question, I thought I was doing everything right. When I last
> checked it my calcium was on or below 380 mg/L. I added a couple of
> capfulls of the Ca supplement (the label says it only increases Ca by
> about 3mg/L so I thought it was safe to add two cap fulls).
What Ca supplement was it? (manufacturer name)
> Upon testing the water levels everything seemed within normal levels.
> NH3 was at 0. Nitrate was a little high, don't remember how high but
> it wasn't alarming. Calcium levels were off the charts.. I don't know
> how high but it was definately over 600 mg/L because I stopped testing
> after adding like 30 drops of the testing solution.
> What did I do wrong? I don't think I did... unless the additives
> mislabled the amount of Ca, or if I just can't do math...
Such high levels of Ca are almost unreal - Ca usually precipitates before
reaching this levels. I am sure water chemistry was way off chart....
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Posted by Mark C. on April 18, 2005, 11:17 pm
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Perhaps your tank simply 'crashed'. Try not to depend too much on chemicals.
Frequent water changes with a quality salt mix will replenish the tank with
nutrients. Adding calcium can also do good. There's a delicate balance we
all have to master to keep our little oceans alive and happy. :)~
--
Mark
--
I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates who once said, "I drank
what?".
>> How I overdosed in calcium?
>> Good question, I thought I was doing everything right. When I last
>> checked it my calcium was on or below 380 mg/L. I added a couple of
>> capfulls of the Ca supplement (the label says it only increases Ca by
>> about 3mg/L so I thought it was safe to add two cap fulls).
>
> What Ca supplement was it? (manufacturer name)
>
>> Upon testing the water levels everything seemed within normal levels.
>> NH3 was at 0. Nitrate was a little high, don't remember how high but
>> it wasn't alarming. Calcium levels were off the charts.. I don't know
>> how high but it was definately over 600 mg/L because I stopped testing
>> after adding like 30 drops of the testing solution.
>> What did I do wrong? I don't think I did... unless the additives
>> mislabled the amount of Ca, or if I just can't do math...
>
> Such high levels of Ca are almost unreal - Ca usually precipitates before
> reaching this levels. I am sure water chemistry was way off chart....
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> Good question, I thought I was doing everything right. When I last
> checked it my calcium was on or below 380 mg/L. I added a couple of
> capfulls of the Ca supplement (the label says it only increases Ca by
> about 3mg/L so I thought it was safe to add two cap fulls).