Water Chemistry

i have been using brightwell products for a while now and thought it was a high end product, but seem to dissipate quickly can anyone suggest a proven A&B that is a quality product.

i am thinking of Bionic products, what do you think?


thanks,

Hi everyone, I am looking for advise on how to keep my new 240 gallon reef balanced. my carbonate alkalinity seems to need constant adjusting. adjusting with additives is getting expensive. Any better suggestions?
Also what is the best option for accurate water chemistry readings? some of the test kits are really difficult to read the results. (what shade of pink is that?)

Thanks so much,
-Steven

I'm interested in purchasing the Tunze Comline Reefpack 505 for my aquarium because it has different equipment that I want to use integrated into one system. However, I don't want to have to put money aside for two months to purchase the system. If I decide to purchase each piece individually starting with the Protein Skimmer. Can I purchase the Tunze Comline Filter 3166 with the integrated Tunze Osmolator 3155 combined in the same unit separately? Or do I have to purchase the unit as a whole to ...

Saltwater Mixing with Tunze NanoStream 6025 & Brightwell Aquatics Neomarine Reef Aquaria Salt
Friday, July 16, 2010

After some initial research among the various salt mixes available I decided to go out and purchase some Brightwell Aquatics Neomarine Reef Aquaria Salt from a local retailer "Gotham Aquatics" who was having a sale on it. After a very long drive sitting in rush hour traffic to Brooklyn and back to the Bronx I finally got home with my salt. From the ...

Ive been using this stuff for about 2 months now and all was well. After my water testing today Ive found my Ca was 410 (good) but my Alk/Kh is 11.5. Ive seen this slowly rise the last 2 weeks but Im not too sure how to lower it. I currently dose 10ml of each into my 42 cube. Is it really as easy as just lowering the Alk dose and keeping the Ca dose at a normal 10ml or is there more to it? The only reason I ask is because the bottle says "add in equal doses". a full water report reads: ...