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Reef Tank Basics

WATER CHANGES IN MODERN REEF AQUARIA: A POSITION PAPER BY MODERN REEF – AKIL

Posted on by Modern Reef
01
Mar

WATER CHANGES IN MODERN REEF AQUARIA (Explained for Beginners at the end of the article) A position paper by Modern Reef – Akil Abstract Water changes remain one of the most debated practices in contemporary reef aquarium husbandry. With advances in proportional dosing systems and laboratory-grade synthetic sea salts, some aquarists question the necessity of […]

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Reef Tank Basics

STABILITY OVER SPECTACLE: A SCIENTIFIC LOOK AT ALKALINITY, PH, AND CORAL HEALTH

Posted on by Modern Reef
25
Nov

In reef aquaria, the stability of alkalinity and pH is far more critical for coral health than the exact hour at which alkalinity is dosed. Whether alkalinity is added all at once in a single dose before lights-on or spread out throughout the day is far less critical than keeping the overall carbonate system stable […]

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