Alkalinity. The only correct answer to the question: What’s the most important parameter to keep in check in order to grow SPS corals successfully? One can argue that pH, temperature, salinity, or even phosphate levels are more important, however, that is true not only for hard corals but for all [...]
Phosphate is one parameter is that we reef tank hobbyists should regularly test for, as excessive phosphate in our aquarium’s water will slow down or halt coral calcification in SPS corals and skeletal formation in LPS corals as well as many other corals that use calcium to grow. In [...]
While we were at Reef A Palooza New York, Hanna Instruments’ booth caught our eye. For those of you who don’t know about Hanna Instruments, they are one of the industry leaders in the water testing world and they are wildly popular for going against color matching liquid to digital [...]
Hanna Instruments is one of those unique companies that regularly reimagines products and methods developed for different industries; adopting them for use in the aquarium hobby. From their line of handheld colorimeters that have changed the way we test for crucial water parameters to [...]