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  1. How long to measure Calc/Alk & How long to saturate?
  2. RODI water has phosphates?
  3. Solidified Salt
  4. Why do I lose alkalinity and nothing else?
  5. P04X4 help needed
  6. how to safely dump water with bleach in it outside.
  7. pH 7.6-7.95
  8. Reef Salt switch
  9. Aquavitro calcification
  10. Bubbles
  11. Alk dose
  12. Nitrates in Tank With New Live Rock
  13. Low Alkalinity
  14. Change to Calcium Reactor from Two Part Dosing
  15. Chemistry Guru Challenge!
  16. Test Accuracy
  17. Nitrates and phosphastes too low?
  18. How to lower Calcium & ALK, Mag
  19. 5% water change everyday?
  20. unchanging nitrates
  21. dosing alk and adding two part.
  22. I don't understand
  23. Seachem Replenish
  24. baking soda
  25. How long is Kalk good for
  26. Is it alk?
  27. Test kits
  28. Simplest method for nutrient control - starting a new system
  29. Red Sea Colors Question about additive "D"
  30. Dealing with Copper Contamination
  31. College Course
  32. High Barium in tank
  33. true or false?
  34. How long will Randy's 2 part stay "saturated"
  35. Phosphate in Water
  36. BRS 2-part alkalinity won't raise
  37. Calcium formiate as a balanced one part additive?
  38. Help with Phosphates
  39. Kalk for manual top offs
  40. STN with normal paramaters
  41. Starting over. Looking for most stable way of adding supplements
  42. Cement as a buffer ?
  43. What happens if not enough bacteria to consume the carbon dose?
  44. Randy, 2 part help please
  45. Mixing instant ocean sea salt: ? Kg of salt to 1 gallon of water at 1.025 sg
  46. raising Ca in new salt mix
  47. phosphate kits
  48. Ph question
  49. Ammonia Not Dropping
  50. New live Rock and Calcium
  51. cycling problems- fishless (sorry in advance!)
  52. muratic acid bath
  53. CA reactor PH makes no sense
  54. green algae on sand?
  55. How to calibrate Milwaukee SMS122
  56. Need help with parameters...
  57. pH Fluctuation
  58. Question for Randy: heating water to reveal "hidden phosphates"
  59. High nitrates in new aquarium?
  60. Phosphates and Nitrates
  61. Phosphates and Nitrates Ratio question
  62. Ammonia in a hyposalinity tank
  63. Need to Start to dose Question
  64. Ammonia and Salt?
  65. Aqua lifter for dosing straight vinegar
  66. stop testing and dosing and get better results.
  67. Can't reduce the amount of Nitrate.
  68. Black slime on sandbed. Cyano?
  69. Salt mix parameters issue
  70. Lots of acros died after 2 parts!! PLEASE HELP!!!
  71. snow in my header tank
  72. What to check for
  73. Coral/frag glue usage and chemical leeching with new setup.
  74. Do the bacteria when carbon dosing build up and clog filter socks?
  75. Urgent. Water tank for making salt water x garage
  76. CA and ALK Help needed
  77. Shipped Fish, Bag Ammonia and Prime or Amquel
  78. Overdosed alkalinity, what do I do now.
  79. Just making sure
  80. pH Level
  81. potassium depletion
  82. Salt Sale??? Anyone know of a place
  83. Issues with the big 3
  84. Bulk Reef Supply Calculator Confusion ??
  85. Kh fluctuation after wc with high kh salt
  86. Kalkwasser can't keep up?
  87. Added club soda to cloudy WC water?
  88. I need some phosphates please!
  89. esv salt part b liquid question
  90. Looking for a good write up on vodka dosing.
  91. Red Sea Pro vs Salifert Profil Calcium test kit
  92. Bacteria
  93. Borate in Synthetic Sea Salt
  94. refractometer question / non reef related...
  95. Adding alk supplement to top-off water
  96. ATO and filter floss lowered salinity
  97. Salt Mix Analysis Report
  98. Natural phosphate levels in the oceans?
  99. Ambient room temperature and Alkalinity testing
  100. help (DKH)
  101. optimum GFO sized granules for upflow reactors
  102. Old Turbo Calcium
  103. Refractometer and Calibration ?I've been reading
  104. ESV Salt Ratio's
  105. Usefulness of ORP
  106. persistent high Mg levels, no dosing
  107. New tank water question
  108. Parameters: Which ones should I focus on?
  109. calcium acetate
  110. Microeinsteins
  111. De-nitrification by the use of Sulphur in a fluidized bed reactor.
  112. Closed Reefs are Chemostats?
  113. two part dosing, going from once a day to hour..help
  114. results of low iron, and low iodine?
  115. Amino Acids
  116. Wallpaper glue, any detrimental effects?
  117. VERY High calcium
  118. Water Changes Fluctuating Alk Too Much?
  119. Carbon dosing does the bacteria need po 4 to reduce no3 like vice versa?
  120. Lime water dosing will it help bring down ca levels?
  121. Please Help Me Understand What's Going On With Calcium and Mg
  122. decay causing clumping sand?
  123. Carbon Dosing Question
  124. Soda ash or Kalk
  125. ATO kalk stuck on, pH 8.9 OK?
  126. carbon source for massive system
  127. Need some advanced help with this one
  128. adding/dosing milk?
  129. Dumb Question - Calcium/Magnesium Photometer
  130. Why does Chaeto reduce peak pH?
  131. Dollar General Water
  132. Are temperature corrections for ATC refractometers necessary?
  133. Alkalinity HELP?
  134. My water tests -- thoughts
  135. Zeovit Magnesium Grandulate
  136. GFO and PraziPro
  137. Cal, Alk, Mag levels
  138. RO water poor rejection rate
  139. Just tested filtered water, seems alright. Disagree? Let me know!
  140. maintain water parameters during cycling period
  141. Toxic dust or other things we should worry about?
  142. dKH and calcium drop
  143. High dKH and calcium?
  144. alkalinity questions????
  145. Ro water Tds what's the magic number?
  146. I LOVE YOU RANDY Holmes-Farley!!
  147. Tropic Marin Salt
  148. ESV B-Ionic 2 Part Dosing/Precipitation question
  149. Magnesium is driving me insane!
  150. GFO stained equip, is there a chemical solution?
  151. why is my cal. low and mag high..?
  152. BRS Water saver plus 200G and resin has changed color
  153. Calcium and alkalinity?
  154. kalkwasser question
  155. Calcium help
  156. Is this normal to see during a cycle?
  157. Chemistry Issues... Thinking of throwing in the towl.
  158. REUSE any water when going from 50 gallon to 105?
  159. 7-8.0 dKH
  160. Copper and Rock
  161. Carbon Dosing and Bubble Algae
  162. GFO/Carbon Question
  163. Very high nitrates
  164. Having some problems with my cal alk mg levels.
  165. Hydrogen peroxide use..Industry point of view
  166. Low oxygen causing all my livestock to die?
  167. Calcium dosing & control
  168. how long can fresh salt water be stored?
  169. How to bring up fresh mixed saltwater to proper levels?
  170. Attn: Randy-Oxygen co2 question
  171. Water Testing
  172. Switching to kalk
  173. looking for tds/water quality article for reference
  174. When to start Kalk dosing?
  175. Cyano
  176. Test Kit Problems
  177. Calcium reactor and kalk
  178. Alkalinity probs maybe somebody can help
  179. Vodka and vinager dosing
  180. Simple math question
  181. Newbie water basics
  182. Prodibio help needed
  183. Vodka dosing how much should I up it weekly
  184. Cloudy RO water in new build, no sand-salt-etc...
  185. Question about Alk and carbon dosing???
  186. Solubility of CO2 in RODI
  187. Red Sea Testing kit instructions
  188. New tank cycle ending? Next step?
  189. Is this possible with Kalk/Vinegar ATO?
  190. My tank doesn't like vinegar?
  191. imbalanced consumption???
  192. PH last crack at it
  193. High PH
  194. Refractometer Question
  195. Reef tank cycle progressing?
  196. Kalkwasser and two part
  197. dosing question?????
  198. Odd PH measurements
  199. Filtering through Limestone NSW
  200. Dosing Leslie Pool Supply Alk and Cal question....
  201. Nitrate Drop During Cycle Question
  202. RO/DI Recycling?
  203. Flatworm Exit Question
  204. reef crystals-white foam
  205. My Chemical Nightmare
  206. Strange smell
  207. Does two part solutions have a shelf life?
  208. Cyano bacteria help.
  209. syado algea problem
  210. Question about salinity
  211. Live rock bath to reduce phosphate... Questions
  212. After move nitrates
  213. Help!!! Alk is low at 7DKH while PH is at 8.1
  214. Defective Test kit?
  215. Kalk question
  216. Can Dino flagellates affect alk level
  217. Alkalinity problem
  218. Good reef supplements
  219. Dead anemone, Nitrate spike?
  220. Phosphate Monster Continues to Live On!!!
  221. How long should I soak dead rock to check for leaching phosphate?
  222. Aquavitro Salinity Low Alk
  223. Is this green hair algae?
  224. Just got API reef test kit
  225. Not producing much skimmate with carbon dosing
  226. Skimmer wild after H2O ch w/ B Ionic Salt
  227. effluent from CA reactor smells rotten
  228. New to dosing. Need some help
  229. Help on gfo regenerate
  230. nitrite formation
  231. Help me understand nitrogen deficiency
  232. zoas dying
  233. Orp insanity
  234. Calcium at 800 and Alk at 4.5 dkh
  235. API test kit for Nitrate accuracy?
  236. Tom, Randy or Jon-Quick Question re: Parameters
  237. MAcro Alage Questions
  238. alk drop mystery
  239. Phosphates, remind me.
  240. how to add element and minerals to RODI
  241. How much salt mix in LBS to make 1.025?
  242. Salifert Alkalinity Standard
  243. Add me to the No Water Change and Winning Club
  244. does korallen-zucht sponge power contain nitrates
  245. Sodium carbonate and phosphate
  246. long term no3 effects
  247. Chemistry blunders........let's hear em!
  248. Nitrogen Cycle / Liverock - If you didn't do it right
  249. Need help raising Calcium
  250. 0 nitrates and 0 phosphates what do I do now?