Posted by gerard on November 24, 2008 under Products & Reviews | 
Nano Reefer’s here you go. If you are just starting out in the hobby this is the stuff you need when you start to build up your coral reef. I wish someone told me about this stuff when I started out. Super simple to use and your coral will love you for it.
B-Ionic Calcium Buffer is the original, unique, easy to use, two-component liquid supplement system. When using equal volumes of each component, the aquarist can easily maintain calcium and alkalinity levels with no mixing powders, disruption of ionic balance, or addition of organic chemicals. B-Ionic Calcium Buffer System does not contain phosphates or nitrates. In addition to supplying highly concentrated calcium and carbonate alkalinity required for calcification, B-Ionic Calcium Buffer System also provides all other important major, minor, and trace elements in the proper ratios to duplicate the composition of natural seawater. As a result, B-Ionic Calcium Buffer System will help restore inorganic ions lost from protein skimming and help maintain the ionic balance of the aquarium water. Starting daily dosage is 1 ml per 4 gallons of aquarium capacity.
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Posted by gerard on November 8, 2008 under Products & Reviews |
Seachem just released a premium line of reef products. Here’s the rundown on the first one we looked at. It’s called Calcification
Calcium and carbonates are essential to all coral growth. If either becomes deficient, coral growth will cease, followed by a rapid decline in coral health.
Natural reef waters contain about 390 mg/L of calcium. There is no valid scienti?c reason to exceed that concentration in the reef aquarium. To do so does not significantly impact on corals, but it does make it more dif?cult to maintain an adequate alkalinity of 4–6 meq/L. Natural sea water has an alkalinity of about 2.5 meq/L, but this is generally not adequate buffering for a closed system. High ionic calcium concentrations (above 400 mg/L) and adequate alkalinity (about 5 meq/L) are not easily compatible, particularly if magnesium is low (see balance ™ and ions™).
Calcification™ is a concentrated (140,000 mg/L) optimized blend of ionic and bioavailable gluconate-complexed calcium designed to restore and maintain calcium to levels found in natural seawater, without affecting pH. These two forms of calcium are combined in calcification™ to provide the hobbyist with a convenient way to ensure peak coral growth and health.
Ionic calcium is readily available, while the gluconate-complexed calcium confers several benefits. The uncharged calcium in calcification™ is readily absorbed with less physiological work than is required for the absorption of ionic calcium. Using calcification™, it is not necessary to maintain the excessively high concentrations of calcium (about 450 mg/L or more) often recommended by others. In fact, excellent growth of corals and coraline algae is achieved with total calcium concentrations as low as 300 mg/L. Used up to four times recommended maintenance dose, the gluconate polymer will not accumulate or encourage the growth of undesirable algae. The polymer itself is bene?cial as a food source not only to the corals and other invertebrates, but also to denitrifying bacteria, actually promoting the natural anaerobic denitri?cation process in live rock and other substrate. Furthermore, the use of this gluconate polymer allows calcium, strontium, and magnesium to be utilized more readily than they would otherwise and also helps to stabilize them in solution without depleting alkalinity.
Some prefer not to use complexed calcium because of concern about adding organics to the aquarium. This is not a valid concern. The amount of organics added with complexed calcium is insignificantly small when compared to the organics released by most reef creatures, even in a no feed, no nutrients approach. Since complexed calcium products employ lactate or gluconate, the naive misconception that these products contain sugars has arisen. While these components are related to sugars, they are oxidized aldehydes and do not react or behave as sugars. Polygluconate contains no nitrogen or phosphorous, thus it is biologically impossible for it to lead to algae growth in a properly maintained reef system.
Unlike competing products that require multi-day interval dosing when combined with carbonate supplements, calcification™ can be dosed daily and within minutes of our eight.four™ as well as the entire aquavitro ™ reef line.
see more at www.aquavitro.com
Tags: alkalinity, aquarium, aquavitro, calcification, calcium concentrations, carbonates, clarification, coral growth, coral health, coraline algae, corals, fish tank, Invertebrates, marine fish, natural reef, natural sea water, natural seawater, reef aquarium, Saltwater Fish, seachem
Posted by gerard on November 3, 2008 under Products & Reviews |
Kent Marine is pleased to announce the release of our Purple Tech. Kent Marine Purple Tech is designed to provide ionically-balanced nutrients required by coralline algae and stony corals.
- Formulated with precise ratios of natural seawater components
- Raises concentrations of calcium, magnesium, strontium, trace minerals and carbonates
- Contains a natural plant growth regulator
Tags: aquarium, calcium magnesium, carbonates, coralline algae, fish tank, Kent Marine, marine fish, natural seawater, plant growth regulator, purple tech, Saltwater Fish, stony corals, trace minerals
