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Originally Posted by Wheelman76
As you know you need to dose equal parts of A and B when using C balance because the bottles contain more than just ALK and CAL and you can really throw off the balance. If you need to just raise the calcium to get back to a balanced level then you should use a product that is strictly calcium chloride. Once you get the calcium levels where you want then continue using the C balance in equal amounts. Have you tried letting your ALK drop and keep it slightly lower ? An alkalinity level of 8.0 dkh is balanced at 420 Calcium. I've always found I need to dose more ALK than Cal which I think is pretty common in most tanks. Another thing to check oat make sure your Calcium test kit is good. Btw what is your mag at ?
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I used two kits that were new to make sure it was accurate. Mag is over 1400 now that I started dosing again. It was dropping to 1300. I have tried getting my ca up by stopping dosing alk and the ca comes up but then drops again when I start dosing equal parts. The fact that alk is staying the same when I am dosing more ca makes me think that I am using more ca. Or is it maybe that I need to use calcium chloride and not the c-balance to get it back to normal? I too used to have to dose a little more alk but over the last year it seems my tank has changed. I have more SPS now so I thought that was why. I will try the calcium chloride to see if it works. Thanks Jess.