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Very interesting, especially “
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Coral skeletons from Phuket, Thailand, contain 6 to 18 µg/g barium, compared to 14 to
2,300 µg/g dry wt in soft tissues of the same species (Howard and Brown, 1986).
Aragonitic skeletons of some stony corals contain up to 450 µg/g barium (Bowen, 1956).
Thus, carbonate sediments derived from calcitic skeletal materials usually contain low
concentrations of barium, whereas coral sands often contain high barium concentrations.
Barium tends to co-precipitate with strontium in the celestite (SrSO4) skeletons of plank-
tonic acantharians, influencing the fluxes of dissolved and particulate barium to the deep
ocean (Bernstein et al., 1998). Deep-sea sediments often contain elevated concentrations
of strontium and barium from this source. Clay-rich shales also may contain high con-
centrations of barium (Trefry, 1982)“

That explains why triton guess that strontium additions could be contaminated yet it’s their product I use , note…. I’ve only dosed this for the last month and had prior barium levels also at 100ugl

Definitely seems nothing to worry about given coral tissue had either 450 or 2300ugl depending on whether it’s an argonite coral ( help please boss)
 
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Does that mean at a high level of calcium it’s not available as a compound ? Am probably asking the wrong questions here apologies if I am , I love science so am trying to wrap my head around it so please bear with me boss
 

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Does that mean at a high level of calcium it’s not available as a compound ? Am probably asking the wrong questions here apologies if I am , I love science so am trying to wrap my head around it so please bear with me boss

I’m not sure what you are asking, but the amount of barium in the seawater and in the skeleton is minuscule compared to calcium. Normal seawater has about 100,000 calcium ions for each one barium ion.
 

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Oceamo ICP Is this available in the US?

They are in Europe. Austria. We can buy the kits in the US through a couple different places. I don't remember if shipping is included or not.

Similar to ATI (Poland I think) we buy in the US. Ship to a centralized location. Those are then packaged up and sent in one box to the final destination.

Do not hold me to this but I think Triton is the only vendor who has labs somewhat regional.
 

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They are in Europe. Austria. We can buy the kits in the US through a couple different places. I don't remember if shipping is included or not.

Similar to ATI (Poland I think) we buy in the US. Ship to a centralized location. Those are then packaged up and sent in one box to the final destination.

Do not hold me to this but I think Triton is the only vendor who has labs somewhat regional.
Besides moonshiners where else?
 

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Besides moonshiners where else?

It has been a while since I've used them. I recall purchasing them through Aquabiomic's but do not believe they carry them anymore. Best bet would be to do a search on Oceamo ICP.

I'm sorry I don't have anything specific.
 
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I’m not sure what you are asking, but the amount of barium in the seawater and in the skeleton is minuscule compared to calcium. Normal seawater has about 100,000 calcium ions for each one barium ion.
Morning boss
Hard to explain but what I’m trying to say is that if calcium is at a high enough level does barium not get absorbed , it sounded like being similar to calcium it can be used up but we don’t want that , well not much anyway
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Morning boss
Hard to explain but what I’m trying to say is that if calcium is at a high enough level does barium not get absorbed , it sounded like being similar to calcium it can be used up but we don’t want that , well not much anyway
Cheers

More calcium will tend to reduce barium incorporation into skeletons, I expect.
 

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