What exactly do they do?

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  1. steve wright

    steve wright Super Moderator

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    one more product to add to my test
    if I have this right, one of the contributors to this thread should recognise it?

    I will run with Purple Up after the Aragamilk (new saltwater not the same so no cumulative effects)

    and product number 3 will be Kalkwasser -Ill mix as per packaging directions and use in my top off water on a daily basis (No live stock = No risks ) so dosing direct to tank will be OK for these experiments
    PS the instructions on this product do make it clear that you should test, and also indicate target calcium levels.

    Steve
     
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  3. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    Thank you for the indepth answers Steve,

    Would you be interested in adding those buffering blocks to your experiment?

    I have always wondering about their true benefit to a sw tank.

    TIA
     
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  4. steve wright

    steve wright Super Moderator

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    I would indeed Corailline
    SeaLab make them? Ill see if I get lucky and can source them out here
    or anything of a similar nature
    if you know of any brand names, please share them with me, help me focus my eyes when Im shopping

    Steve
     
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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    Yes SeaLab was the brand I was thinking of.

    I used them several years ago, and was surprised at how well I thought they worked. But my knowledge of water chemistry was much more basic then, so I have no hard fast results.

    Cheryl
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  6. leighton1245

    leighton1245 Horrid Stonefish

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    There is one that i was going to pick up but i have a coralline explosion all over my tank. The Red Sea coralline grow suppose to be like purple up I guess?
     
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    Thank you Leighton
    Ill see if I can locate that

    Steve
     
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  9. leighton1245

    leighton1245 Horrid Stonefish

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    Steve let me know if you cant find it and Ill pick a bottle up and send it your way.
     
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    thats very kind of you, but transporting liquids over international borders
    requires all manner of permits these days


    Steve
     
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    Did you note the seachem fusion1 and fusion2?
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  12. steve wright

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    I did Makeshift crew

    I already use Seachem product almost exclusively ( availability when I started and never found a reason to change)

    I use Advantage Calc and Mag plus reef builder
    I have used Reef Complete
    I use Purigen, Matrix and many other Seachem products

    so I would have no hesitation in adding these to my list if I come across them

    Steve