Salifert Alkalinity Alk Test Kit media and a few urchin species

and a few urchin species

The recommended starting dose is 1 mL of each component per 4 gallons of aquarium capacity per day

Safe for use with invertebrates

The nitrate concentration in a proper functioning reef aquarium should preferably be lower than 1 mg/L

Salifert Alkalinity Alk Test Kit media and a few urchin speciesAlkalinity testing and addition Calcium alone cannot form the skeletal material of corals and allow calcareous algae to grow. Some other substances are needed as well. A few other constituents are carbonate and bicarbonate. These two substances also have a major impact on the stabilization of the pH in the proper range of 8. 1 8. 4. Such stabilization is also called buffering. The total carbonate and bicarbonate concentration is also called carbonate