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Reef Builder main components are Carbonate/Bicarbonate, Chloride and Sulfide salts, with mainly Sodium as the counter ion. The high percentage of Carbonate/Bicarbonate has to affect pH by definition as it is a buffer, but is probably at a ratio that will stabalize things around 8.1-8.2...

Ok, Bang Guy scared me regarding Borate in certain Seachem products, so I wanted to ask again regarding the Seachem Reef Builder or Advantage Calcium containing Borate/Boron. Here's their response; No they do not simply because your reef does not consume borate so there is no need to replenish...

Daisy, I think what Bang Guy was refering to was some recent articles about elevated Borate in Seachem salt. According to Seachem, Reef Builder and Advantage Calcium do not contain Boron at significant levels, only their salt mix for increased buffering capacity. I use Seachem Reef Builder...

What is the pH of your tank? My guess is that it may be a little low (7.9 - 8.0) with the Seachem products. My experience is coraline will grow better at higher pH (8.2-8.3), which is why dripping Kalk (CaOH), a basic solution, will raise your tank pH, resulting in more calcium carbonate...

:eek: How did you get all that equipment in your tank stand. I gave up on the idea of a refugium for my 54 corner. I had a stand and canopy custom madetank. I needed my system to be automated for at least a week at a time, which it turns out requires ~14 gallons of makeup water per week with...

Originally posted by waterfaller1 I have trained elongata to grow on my glass,and pom pom to grow on my overflow box. Neat pet trick I too have the pom pom zenia all over my 54 corner, and just recently (2 months ago) put a 3-4 inch Dersa clam in. Before the Dersa I used to pull 10-20...

Originally posted by rwhite Sorry for the stupid question, but what is verticillata? I'm not too good on the sci. names. Grape, feather, etc. are what I understand. Thanks in advance. It's not a very common type of Caulerpa. Vereticillata dhraako may have a better pic Chiton

Originally posted by Kip4130 caulerpa can and will go sexual even when lit 24/7 Let's not generalize too much here. Caulerpa covers a lot of differeent Macros. Macros going sexual can be a combiniation of many things; lightiing, water parameters, temp fluctuations, etc... I just wanted to...

Originally posted by JawfishRay Alot of macros, I would have to say so...where did you secure all of these wonderous examples of marine flora my friend? Oddly enough, all of these specias grew out of Florida Live Rock. I wasn't planning on having so many macros in my main display, but when...

Originally posted by dhraako Chiton finally I found someone who has Caulerpa Verticillata either than myself...it just popped up in my tank one day and killed all my hair algae as it took its place..although I have its growth under control as well just wondering..is this algae benificial? is it...

Originally posted by Kip4130 chiton... i think your xenia are doing some of your "skimmer" work for ya.. .tank looks great.. congrats :D :D Ooops, did I not mention the xenia. Right you are! That stuff gets wacked in my tank on a weekly basis to keep it in check. Chiton

PHP Code: however, if you are trying to achieve pristine water conditions, this is not a good idea IMO. Can you elaborate on this... Why would you not want nutrient rich water in a reeftank, regardless of what corals, plants, filter feeders etc... you are keeping? Chiton

I have a lot of macros in my tank. I enjoy keeping all of my macros in with my corals in the main display. It's a challenge, and that's what makes it fun to me! Of these plants shown, the Caulerpa Mexicana and the Halimedas will occassionally go sexual, but not is mass quantities. The grape...

Hey my first post. Just found this message board. I've been skimmerless on my tank for about a year now. It broke and I never replaced it. Up until that point I had used a skimmer on all my reef tanks (for about 13 yrs) because that was the accepted and proven thing to do in the hobby, and it...