Calcium and alkalinity are vitally important chemical parameters in reef aquariums. They are used by stony corals to build their calcium carbonate skeletons. A lack of calcium and alkalinity in the water will inhibit the growth of reef-building corals and…
The Role of Magnesium in Marine Aquarium Chemistry
One of the big differences in moving from freshwater systems to saltwater systems is a greater emphasis on water chemistry. There is a pretty steep learning curve to get a handle on all the different chemical parameters, and it can…
The Calcium Reactor: A Device Well Worth its Salt
A hobby like reef keeping has its fair share of intimidating technologies. I suppose it doesn’t help to call certain technologies sterilizers, fractionators, or reactors, which further instills a sense of complexity. One such device is the calcium reactor, and…
LAQUAtwin probes by Horiba Scientific are mighty interesting
LAQUAtwin probes are a suite of water testing devices by Horiba Scientific which offer incredible potential. Using Ion Specific Eletrodes, the LAQUAtwin probes are fine tuned to test a myriad of water parameters, many of which are critical to reef…
Coral-shop releases Anthracite carbon and calcium reactor media
Coral-shop produces more than just acrylic filtration media, with chemical media playing a major role in the business. As the latest addition to these additives coral-shop is now releasing their own carbon and calcium reactor media. Seemingly not very interesting…
Xenoxon mamiCA 500 is a mean looking calcium reactor
Xenoxon is a Hungarian company we previously covered for their array of colorful lights and power packed protein skimmers. The Xenoxon mamiCA reactor breaks the line however and is far removed from the bright and colorful aquarium products that call…
Royal Nature releasing stand-alone, dry compounds perfect for you Ballers
Royal Nature is now producing some stand-alone, dry compounds for your aquarium, a perfect addition for use in the Balling system or to keep specific balances in check. The Royal Calcium Chloride, Royal Magnesium Chloride and Royal Sodium Bicarbonate are…
Continuum Aquatics calcium compounds are free of organics for all levels
When we brought you the news of Continuum Aquatics releasing a new lines of aquarium products we did get the question of what makes them different than other products on the market. Granted many reef aquarium products are similar and…
Aquafim gets into the liquid dosing of Calcium, Iodine, Magnesium and Strontium
Aquafim is a company that gets very little airtime in marine aquarium circles but some new additives products from them might help change that. Now in addition to the Aquafim time-released dosing cubes, the firm is releasing four new bottles…
Coral-Shop expands test kit line again, adds a Sulphate and Potassium test kit
The premium Czech aquarium company Coral-Shop is at it again, once again expanding their test kit line. This time around a Sulphate and Potassium test kit were added, and the Calcium test kit was improved. Although Sulphate and Potassium test kits are nothing…
