High Calcium Help

[Ace5high]

Its been a little while since I have tested my reef tank parameters since the tank has been doing incredibly well.

I just ran a few basic tests only because its been a little while and heres what I got:

Cal - 540ppm
KH - 125ppm
PH - 7.8

Phos, Nitrate, Nitrite, Ammonia all undetectable levels.

All Corals, inverts and fish are doing fabulously. Corals and inverts are growing very quick.
I have a ora birds nest that has probably tripled in size in the past year as well as a good 6" maxima clam that has been growing, the rest are LPS and so forth.

Im not using any calcium supplements or any other additives, just doing 20% water changes about 1x per month.

I would think the large clam and sps would have kept cal levels a little lower so im slightly surprised, So Im just wondering if I should be concerned about the high level of calcium?

Thanks guys!

 

[Cathic]

540 isnt dangerously high, are you sure your test for calc is accurate? Hard to believe your baseline salt mix contains 540 calc.

 

[Ace5high]

Not 100% sure, but ive used the same kit to test other tanks and cal #s have been in line with what those systems were running... So I believe its accurate.

I did buy a bag of Corallife marine salt recently because I couldn't find my normal Instant Ocean. When I was using the Instant Ocean it was running about 420

 

[Smitty]

It sounds like your salt mix has a high calcium reading...I wouldn't worry about it too much.

 

[ccCapt]

That sounds about right for Coralife salt.
This is a good baseline for what you should expect too see in some of the major salt brands.
Synthetic Salt Mixes - Reef Central Online Community