silica

Hey everyone Ive been struggling to figure out what is growing on my live rock. I have a 150 gallon FOWLR with a 60-gallon sump that I've had for 2 years. I have a long spine porcupine puffer, red coris wrasse, harlequin Rusk, majestic angel, 5 lyretail anthias and a snowflake eel. My parameters...

Hello, unfortunately I have Dino’s and I want to dose silica! I cannot find anywhere in Melbourne that sells Silica. Is it all the same? There is lots for hydroponics. For example: https://www.drgreenthumbs.com.au/products/growth-technology-silica-1l-potassium-silicate...

Hanna checkers $35 each shipped 1 Alk with new reagent 1 Alk with open reagent - $30 1 Phosphate with standard 1 Nitrate with new box of reagent 1 Silica See all tank break down equipment sales here: https://www.reef2reef.com/search/5018912/?c%5Busers%5D=poidog&o=date

I've been wanting to dose silicates in my reef tank and read Randy Holme-Farley's article about silicate dosing. I know that it mentions you can buy water glass solution to dose silicates, but I was wondering if I could purchase this hydrous sodium silicate powder I found online to dissolve in...

This thread is a spin-off from the @mcarroll very successful Dino thread The purpose is to discuss methods for removal and fighting against a particular strain of dinoflagellate - Large Cell Amphidinium. It seems to make up about a third of the cases of dinos. The reason this strain gets its...

I'm currently battling what I thought was Dinoflagellates. @mcarroll has ID this for me as Chrysophytes. Here is a background on my tank and where I am now. My tank build thread https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/4-years-old-and-just-getting-started.302988/ Total water volume 160 gal. I...