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symptoms of High Calcium?


Neto

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Just curious, what are the common symptoms of high calcium? and what if you dont have any livestock that consumes calcium? Will it be consumed by the rocks?

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lakshwadeep

It usually isn't a problem. High calcium will likely result in abiotic precipitation with the carbonate (alkalinity) in your water. This calcium carbonate may be seen initially on heater. However, alkalinity is an important contributing factor. Are you dosing calcium? Here's a guide to solving calcium/alkalinity problems:

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/nov2002/chem.htm

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