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Alkalinity - How Corals Grow (Part 1) Shadowramy, 2009
For me one of the hardest concepts to grasp in reef keeping was that of alkalinity. Most of us reef keepers come from a background where the focus is on pH, alkalinity was always just a simple little test that gave results of good or bad.
There are many excellent articles on alkalinity today by some major scientists and chemist therefore will “tread lightly” in my beginner friendly approach about this topic. At the end of this article I have gathered several reference articles that one should really look over for further information.
As the reef hobby (or should I call it lifestyle) has grown we are starting to see shift favoring alkalinity opposed to pH in the reef aquarium. With the advent of ULNS, two-part dosing and... [Read More]
