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Solving Common Problems

Solving Calcium and Alkalinity Problems

High pH: Causes and Cures

Low pH: Causes and Cures

How to Select a Calcium and Alkalinity Supplementation Scheme

Phosphate and the Reef Aquarium

Nitrate in the Reef Aquarium


The "How To" Guide to Reef Aquarium Chemistry for Beginners

The “How To” Guide to Reef Aquarium Chemistry for Beginners, Part 1: The Salt Water Itself

The “How To” Guide to Reef Aquarium Chemistry for Beginners, Part 2: What Chemicals Must be Supplemented

The "How To" Guide to Reef Aquarium Chemistry for Beginners, Part 3: pH



Calcium and Alkalinity


A Simplified Guide to the Relationship Between Calcium, Alkalinity, Magnesium and pH

When Do Calcium and Alkalinity Demand Not Exactly Balance?

An Improved Do-it-Yourself Two-Part Calcium and Alkalinity Supplement System

Solving Calcium and Alkalinity Problems

A Homemade Two-Part Calcium and Alkalinity Additive System

How to Select a Calcium and Alkalinity Supplementation Scheme

Electronic Calcium Monitoring

Purity of Calcium Chloride

Calcium and Alkalinity Balance Issues

Calcium Carbonate as a Supplement (Aragamight; Liquid Reactor)

The Relationship Between Alkalinity and pH

The Chemical & Biochemical Mechanisms of Calcification in Corals

Calcium

What is Alkalinity


Salinity

Refractometers and Salinity Measurement

Temperature Corrections for Hydrometers

Reef Aquarium Salinity: Homemade Calibration Standards

Specific Gravity Measurement

Using Conductivity to Measure Salinity

Reef Aquarium Water Parameters

What is TDS?


Iron

First Iron Article: Macroalgae and Dosing Recommendations

Second Iron Article: Iron: A Look at Organisms Other than Macroalgae


Iodine

Iodine in Marine Aquaria: Part I

Iodine in Reef Tanks 2: Effects on Macroalgae Growth


Magnesium and Strontium

Do-It-Yourself Magnesium Supplements for the Reef Aquarium

Strontium and the Reef Aquarium

Magnesium in Reef Aquaria

Magnesium and Strontium in Limewater

A Simplified Guide to the Relationship Between Calcium, Alkalinity, Magnesium and pH


Limewater (kalkwasser)

What Your Grandmother Never Told You About Lime

The Self Purification of Limewater (Kalkwasser)

The Degradation of Limewater (Kalkwasser) in Air

Magnesium and Strontium in Limewater

How to Select a Calcium and Alkalinity Supplementation Scheme


Metals in Aquaria

Aluminum and aluminum-based phosphate binders

Reef Aquaria with Low Soluble Metals

Tap Water in Reef Aquaria

First Iron Article: Macroalgae and Dosing Recommendations

Second Iron Article: Iron: A Look at Organisms Other than Macroalgae

The Self Purification of Limewater (Kalkwasser)


Test Kit Reviews

The Seachem Borate Alkalinity Test Kit

the Salifert Boron Test Kit


Boron and Borate (and pH buffering)

Boron in a Reef Tank (and its effect on pH buffering)

The Seachem Borate Alkalinity Test Kit

the Salifert Boron Test Kit


Ozone

Ozone and the Reef Aquarium, Part 1: Chemistry and Biochemistry

Ozone and the Reef Aquarium, Part 2: Equipment and Safety

Ozone and the Reef Aquarium, Part 3: Changes in a Reef Aquarium upon Initiating Ozone


Others

Reef Aquarium Water Parameters

Ammonia and the Reef Aquarium

Problem Dinoflagellates and pH

Photosynthesis and the Reef Aquarium Part I: Carbon Sources

What is Skimming?

Hydrogen Sulphide and the Reef Aquarium

Water Changes in Reef Aquaria

The Units of Measure of Reefkeeping

What is that Precipitate in My Reef Aquarium?

Reverse Osmosis/Deionization Systems to Purify Tap Water for Reef Aquaria

Iron Oxide Hydroxide (GFO) Phosphate Binders

Measuring pH with a Meter

A Comparison of pH Calibration Buffers

ORP and the Reef Aquarium

Chloramine and the Reef Aquarium

Nitrite and the Reef Aquarium

Silica in a Reef Tank

What is TDS?

Sea Urchins: A Chemical Perspective

Organic Compounds in the Reef Aquarium

Solutions to pH Problems

Phosporus: Algae's Best Friend

The Complete Nitrate Cycle

Carbon Dioxide: Friend or Foe?

Understanding Seawater

Protein Skimming: How It Works
 
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