Stand in your LFS and about one in ten reefers will say their tank is too clean. Compared to temperate and cold waters, the tropical waters that our corals inhabit are nutrient-poor, hence the symbiosis between photosynthetic corals and zooxanthellae,…
Hanna HI97105 Marine Master Multiparameter Checker
The Hanna HI97105 Marine Master Multiparameter Checker is new water testing device which combines all of the major parameters of reef aquarium chemistry into one photometric machine. The Marine Master Checker from Hanna can measure pH, alkalinity, calcium, nitrate, nitrite,…
Milwaukee Instruments Handy Photometers for testing phosphate and more
Milwaukee Instruments revealed at PetsFestival last week that they would be releasing a full line of small, compact and affordable handy photometers for testing water chemistry like Phosphate and more. If Milwaukee’s Photometer’s seem like a familiar concept, that’s because…
Hanna Instruments releases new Color of Water and Chromium VI High checkers
Hanna instruments, the makers of those popular little Hanna Checkers has released a few new checkers. The new checkers include Color of Water, and Chromium VI High. While they might not be the best for saltwater application, this is good…
Hanna Checkers alkalinity powder Reagents Replaced with Liquid
Hanna Instruments, the folks behind the popular line of Hanna Checkers made a change to their HI755 alkalinity checker. Several users were reporting of issues with waiting for the powered reagent to dissolve and other inconsistencies with testing results. Hanna…
Reef Builders Staff picks best aquarium products of 2010
It’s hard to believe that a whole year has passed since we last published our list of best aquarium products of 2009. If you needed any indication that 2010 was a big year for aquarium products, consider that last year…
Hanna Alkalinity Checker gets video treatment
[youtube width=”640″ height=”505″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VypQ_vPvVQg[/youtube] Ever wonder how exactly the Hanna Alkalinity Checker works? The folks at Hanna have released a simple video tutorial putting the handy little product through a test. The Checker line is an affordable way to get a digital,…
Hanna Checker for Marine Alkalinity hitting at $49.50
Hanna Instruments which makes great products like Hanna Checkers is getting official with their new Marine Alkalinity checker. If you haven’t yet realized , this is going to be so awesome. We can’t tell you how many times we’ve squinted…
Marine Alkalinity pre-order for Hanna Checkers
Hanna Instruments, the company responsible for the popular line of Hanna Checkers has just released their Marine Alkalinity in the wild for pre-orders. This means of course that for those of you testing Alkalinity the old fashioned way you will…
Hanna Checkers for Ammonia and Nitrate ready in 2 months
Those Hanna Checkers for Ammonia and Nitrate that we told you about in June are getting close to being released. We have been told that they are going through final testing with production happening so thereafter. Alkalinity might be released…
