Kh Very Low Parameters

[john.o]

Well peeps I am having problems with my KH

My tank parameters are as follows...
Temp 26
Sg 1.026
Nitrates 0.0 ---- 0.5 {running bio pellets}
Phos 0.25
Calcium 500ppm
KH 1 dKH
PH 7.8

Now I do weekly water changes, use a good grade salt {red sea coral pro} and I don’t have a lot of LPS or SPS corals, In fact my tank is 90% soft corals. In the past year my parameters have been very stable and the regular water changes have kept them that way . So rather stupidly I have not checked the KH ph and calcium for the last 4 or 5 weeks {what a idiot I know } but after starting with the bio pellets a couple of weeks back I though I better do a full health check up on all the parameters, and to my alarm I found this!!! LOW KH arrrrrrrrrr!!!!

My problem is in understanding why it’s so low. And my calcium is so high? I am stumped with this one so any help would be much appreciated john

 

[john.o]

Scrap that guys
Just as I finished typing that up my m8t arrived armed with his test kits , and well it looks like my kit has gone bad
With his API kit my readings are 8 dKH still not as high as I would like them but a lot better than 1 dKH
Thank god for that panic over!!

 

[the biffster]

dont know if this is any good as i am
just new at reef keeping
http/www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_6/volume_6_2/kalkwasser.htm

 

[seffieuk]

I was just about to type, get a second opinion on your test results

Seffie x

 

[john.o]

I was just about to type, get a second opinion on your test results

Seffie x

Hah ha yep
Don’t know if it was the test kit or me, perhaps it was me {a drunken hung over moment lol}
Anyhow been back to bed for a few hours and I will re test later on to night just to see if it was me or the test kit , then that way I will know if I need a new kit or not
Any hooooooow thanks for the replies peeps much appreciated as always
Regards john,o

Off to sit in a dark room as me heed is spinning