help checking calcium

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cedawood
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help checking calcium

Post by cedawood » Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:19 pm

i just recently got some frogspawn, mushrooms a few other small frags and i wanted to test my calcium so i used my test kit but the water just stays dark purple and never starts at pink. did it twice whats the prob

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Re: help checking calcium

Post by bluwtr » Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:04 pm

Which brand kit are you using? Also, are you dosing Ca+ now? Sounds like your level may be off of the chart high.

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