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American Marine PINPOINT® 15 foot extension cable
$ 34.99
- This will add an additional 15 feet onto the 10 feet of the probe cable for a total of 25 feet.
- This extension cable will fit any probe with a standard BNC connector.
American Marine PINPOINT® pH Replacement Probe
$ 49.99
It features long, continuous duty expectancy, fast response and, most importantly, is non-toxic to your system. Each probe features a 10 foot cable with a high interference suppression jacket and Ag-AgCl reference.
Aqua UV Replacement Bulbs & Quartz Sleeves - 15 watt
$ 44.80
Aqua UV Bulbs boast the industry’s longest lamp life of 14 months.
Quartz sleeves do not need to be replaced unless broken or very dirty.
Aqua UV Replacement Bulbs & Quartz Sleeves - 25 watt
$ 47.60
Aqua UV Bulbs boast the industry’s longest lamp life of 14 months.
Quartz sleeves do not need to be replaced unless broken or very dirty.
Aqua UV Replacement Bulbs & Quartz Sleeves - 57 watt
$ 47.60
Aqua UV Bulbs boast the industry’s longest lamp life of 14 months.
Quartz sleeves do not need to be replaced unless broken or very dirty.
Aqua UV Replacement Bulbs & Quartz Sleeves - 8 watt
$ 44.80
Aqua UV Bulbs boast the industry’s longest lamp life of 14 months.
Quartz sleeves do not need to be replaced unless broken or very dirty.
ASM G-300 Replacement Pump for Mini-G
$ 44.99
Replacement pump for Mini-G G-300
Pump size (with venturi): 4.75" x 2.5" x 4"
ASM replacement Needle Wheel Impellers
$ 22.99
Replacement Needle Wheel Impeller for the G-300 used on the ASM Mini-G skimmer.
ATI Professional ICP-OES Water Analysis Kit
$ 44.99
THE FUTURE HAS STARTED
With the ARCOS II ICP-OES machine, we have chosen an analyser of the highest in its class. It is characterised by its high precision and is used wherever high demands on element analysis are required. So it is not surprising that with the ARCOS II we can detect trace elements in concentrations to less than 1 µg/l (0.001mg/l).
This is your way to being totally aware and in control of what is happening with your aquariums water chemistry. With the help of our ICP-OES the daily challenges of meeting the needs of your reef aquarium inhabitants are now without any doubt completely possible. You are able to see the daily consumption of every essential mayor and minor element and able to dose accordingly to keep at the optimum levels. Also we are able to identify, using the analysis, sources of pollution that could be the cause of many problems and so can optimise your aquarium system to even better results, and detect potential problems to avoid them escalating.
What is Measured and Tested:
Salinity and KH value
As all readings are affected by salinity this gives you balanced accurate readings with complete certainty on your results. With all mayor and minor elements with balanced reference values to the results, leaves you with no doubts of your dosing regime.
Major elements: chloride, sodium, sulphur, magnesium, calcium, potassium, bromine, strontium and boron
Minor elements: aluminium, antimony, arsenic, barium, beryllium, bismuth, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, iodine, lead, lithium, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, phosphorus, selenium, silicon, silver, thallium, tin, titanium, vanadium and zinc
Ball Valves slip to slip
$ 9.99
- Use with PVC pipe, or glue an MTP slip to barb fitting in each end and use with clear tubing.
- Ball valves allow you to easily adjust the flow through the pipe, and to shut off pipes when needed, to make maintenance easier.
Blue Life Fish Flux RX
$ 17.99
Fish-Flux Rx
FishFlux Rx is an antifungal medication used to treat topical and systemic fungal infections in ornamental fish. It is used in aquariums for the treatment of fungus susceptible to Fluconazole like Ichthyophonus hoferi and Saprolegnia fungus.
How to prepare product:
Turn off skimmer and discontinue using activated carbon and phosphate remover for 72 hours; they may be resumed after 72 hours but all other chemical filtration should be removed during the course of treatment. Filter socks are recommended to aid in cleaning the aquarium. Do not use if you have macroalgae or a refugium. Allow 10 to 14 days for results.
How to use product:
Turn off skimmer and discontinue using activated carbon and phosphate remover until treatment is finished. (100 mg) into aquarium for every 5 gallons of water to be treated. Repeat every 24 hours for 5 consecutive days. It is suggested that a partial water change be made between treatments. Discontinue use if no improvement is noted after 5 days.
Contents: 1 Container with 2000 mg Fluconazole Powder and 2 Plastic Scoops: 1 lg (1cc/25 US Gal) 1 sm (.15cc/5 US Gal). When dosing, large scoop should be level and small scoops rounded/generous. In case of accidental tank overdose, the medication can be removed using Clear Fx Pro.
Warning: This product is not intended for human consumption. Keep out of reach of children. If ingested, contact a physician or poison control center immediately.
Product Information
- Fish Flux Rx 100 Gal/2000mg SKU:858542001401
- Fish Flux Rx 200 Gal/4000mg SKU:858542001418
- Fish Flux Rx 350 Gal/7000mg SKU:858542001425
- Master Carton: 48 pieces
- Dimensions: Length 4.8 | Width 1.3 | Height 2.0
- Weight:0.243lb
- Volume: 1 oz. (30ml)
Blue Life Flux RX
$ 17.99
Flux Rx
Flux RxTM is simple and effective with levels easily achieved and maintained quickly for effectiveness when Bryopsis or Green Hair Algae are present.
How to prepare product:
Turn off skimmer and discontinue using activated carbon and phosphate remover for 72 hours; they may be resumed after 72 hours but all other chemical filtration should be removed during the course of treatment. Filter socks are recommended to aid in cleaning the aquarium. Do not use if you have macroalgae or a refugium. Allow 10 to 14 days for results.
How to use product:
Contents: 1 Container with 2000 mg Fluconazole Powder and 2 Plastic Scoops: 1 lg (1cc/25 US Gal) 1 sm (.15cc/5 US Gal). When dosing, large scoop should be level and small scoops rounded/generous.
Indicated for use on ornamental aquariums and fish, is NOT FOR HUMAN USE and not to be used to treat fish intended for human consumption In case of accidental tank overdose, the medication can be removed using Clear Fx Pro.
Warning: This product is not intended for human consumption. Keep out of reach of children. If ingested, contact a physician or poison control center immediately.
Product Information
- Flux Rx 100 Gal/2000mg SKU:858542001180
- Flux Rx 200 Gal/4000mg SKU:858542001197
- Flux Rx 350 Gal/7000mg SKU:858542001203
- Master Carton: 48 pieces
- Dimensions: Length 4.8 | Width 1.3 | Height 2.0
- Weight:0.243lb
Blue Life NITRATE FX
$ 27.99
Blue FX Resins are advanced regenerable adsorption resins that comprise an entire new Eco-Friendly advancement in Aquarium Products. Blue Life USA’s regenerable, and Nitrate Fx, Phos Fx, and Organic Fx Resins compatible with both fresh and saltwater aquariums of all sizes with Softener Fx is the only Freshwater Only resin in the Blue Fx Resin Line. The easy to use media is the most cost effective approach to Aquarium filtration ever.
All resins are regenerable multiple times, and the Regen Fx kit can regenerate up to 4 resin media bags at one time.
Nitrate Fx:
- Prevents Algae Overgrowth
- Reduce and Extend Maintenance Intervals
- Regenarable Multiple TImes
- Safe and Effective Way
- to Lower Nitrates
Blue Life ORGANIC FX
$ 27.99
Blue FX Resins are advanced regenerable adsorption resins that comprise an entire new Eco-Friendly advancement in Aquarium Products. Blue Life USA’s regenerable, and Nitrate Fx, Phos Fx, and Organic Fx Resins compatible with both fresh and saltwater aquariums of all sizes with Softener Fx is the only Freshwater Only resin in the Blue Fx Resin Line. The easy to use media is the most cost effective approach to Aquarium filtration ever.
All resins are regenerable multiple times, and the Regen Fx kit can regenerate up to 4 resin media bags at one time.
Organic Fx
- Removes Unwanted Organics
- Reduces Creation of Nitrates
- Aids in water clarification
- Increases Oxygen Levels
- Helps eliminate/prevent algae growth
- Improves livestock health and vibrance/color
- May be regenerated 6 or more times
Blue Life PHOS FX
$ 45.99
Blue FX Resins are advanced regenerable adsorption resins that comprise an entire new Eco-Friendly advancement in Aquarium Products. Blue Life USA’s regenerable, and Nitrate Fx, Phos Fx, and Organic Fx Resins compatible with both fresh and saltwater aquariums of all sizes with Softener Fx is the only Freshwater Only resin in the Blue Fx Resin Line. The easy to use media is the most cost effective approach to Aquarium filtration ever.
All resins are regenerable multiple times, and the Regen Fx kit can regenerate up to 4 resin media bags at one time.
Phosphate Fx:
- Most cost effective phosphate media on the market
- Highest adsorption capacity
- Rapid adsorption twice as fast as GFO
- No clumping or disintegrating
- Will not leach, ever!
- Spherical beads allow excellent contact time
- Long lasting and durable
- Safe for both fresh & saltwater
- Can be regenerated 6 or more times!
Blue Life Phosphate RX
$ 31.99
Phosphate Rx is an amazingly simple and effective product that has revolutionized the way phosphates are removed from saltwater and freshwater aquariums. When added, the formula rapidly binds to phosphate molecules making them inactive and easily filtered out.
Regular use of Phosphate Rx increases vitality, color and growth of your aquarium’s inhabitants. Phosphate Rx is Veterinarian approved and has been used by leading Public Aquariums, Livestock Wholesalers, Retailers and Hobbyists. Reef Safe. Liquid solution. Quick & Effective. Veterinarian Approved. Works in Fresh and Saltwater.
How to use product:
TEST YOUR AQUARIUM’S PHOSPHATE LEVEL PRIOR TO USE. It is recommended to maintain phosphate levels below 0.03ppm.
Six drops of Phosphate Control will lower your phosphate by .5ppm for every 10 gallons (37.9L) of water. DO NOT LOWER YOUR PHOSPHATES MORE THAN .5ppm IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD. For best results, place drops directly into your protein skimmer or add in high flow areas, one drop at a time. Some temporary cloudiness may occur when adding this product. Cloudiness will clear within 24-hours. For accurate results, wait 24-hours before retesting your phosphate level. Wait ten minutes before dosing other supplements. Test regularly and treat as necessary.
Warning: This product is not intended for human consumption. Keep out of reach of children. If ingested, contact a physician or poison control center immediately.
Product Information:
- SKU:858542001357
- Master Carton: 48 pieces
- Dimensions: Length 4.8 | Width 1.3 | Height 2.0
- Weight: 0.243lb
Blue Life SOFTENER FX
$ 17.99
Blue FX Resins are advanced regenerable adsorption resins that comprise an entire new Eco-Friendly advancement in Aquarium Products. Blue Life USA’s regenerable, and Nitrate Fx, Phos Fx, and Organic Fx Resins compatible with both fresh and saltwater aquariums of all sizes with Softener Fx is the only Freshwater Only resin in the Blue Fx Resin Line. The easy to use media is the most cost effective approach to Aquarium filtration ever.
All resins are regenerable multiple times, and the Regen Fx kit can regenerate up to 4 resin media bags at one time.
Softener Fx
- 100% Freshwater Softening Resin
- Beneficial for Aquatic Plants
- Removes unwanted minerals
- Reduces C02 Use
- Helps lower Ph
- Promotes Fish Vitality
- Enhances Fish Colors
- Essential for Fish Breeding
- Regenerable for repeated use 6 times or more
Boyd Chemi-pure
$ 6.89
Premium grade activated carbon Removes Chloramines, Chlorine, & Fish Odors
Keeps water crystal clear
Houses nitrifying bacteria
Keeps pH at a constant level
Media is already in a mesh filter bag and is ready to use.
Removes copper, metal, ions, and CO2
Brightwell Aquatics Amino Omega
$ 10.49
Brightwell Aquatics Amino OmegaåÊOverview:
- Provides marine sources of amino acids and omega-3 and -6 highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFA).
- Increases the nutritional value of foods for marine fishes and invertebrates, particularly for fishes that show signs of head and lateral line erosion.
- May be used to fortify prepared and live foods.
- Contains no shark-derived ingredients.
- Composed of a blend of unique marine fish and crustacean sources of proteins and essential fatty acids, as well as important vitamins.
- Does not require refrigeration.
- Formulated by a marine scientist.
Brightwell Aquatics Iodion
$ 6.99
Brightwell Aquatics Iodion Overview:
- Highly-concentrated, extended activity iodide solution.
- Provides iodide, which is important to hermatypic corals and other invertebrates harboring zooxanthellae, macroalgae, and also to the health of fishes.
- Stronger than most competing products.
- The nature of iodide sources used makes Iodion more effective than standard iodide-solutions.
- Suitable for use by aquarium hobbyists of all skill and experience levels.
- Composed of purified water and ultra-high purity materials.
- Formulated by a marine scientist.
Brightwell Aquatics Iodion sizes: 250 mL, 500 mL and 2L
Brightwell Aquatics Koralle VM
$ 9.49
Brightwell Aquatics Koralle VM Product Overview:
- Unique vitamin and minor and trace element complex for establishing and replacing substances important to marine invertebrates, including corals, clams, and their allies; these substances are particularly important to biological reactions.
- Does not contain minor or trace elements notexpressly known to be utilized by marine organismsor take place in chemical interactions.
- Vitamins are present in ratios found in the tissues of filter-feeding marine invertebrates.
- Minor and trace elements are present in natural seawater ratios.
- Composed of purified water and ultra-high purity materials.
- Formulated by a marine scientist.
Brightwell Aquatics Koralle VM sizes: 250mL, 500mL, 2L
Brightwell Aquatics Liquid Reef
$ 10.29
Concentrated Reef Builder for Coralline Algae, Corals, Clams & other Marine Invertebrates.
Brightwell Aquatics Liquid Reef Overview
- Complete source of the elements and molecules that are directly used by corals, clams, and other reef-building invertebrates and organisms to create skeletal material and grow.
- Provides calcium (140,000 ppm), strontium, magnesium, and potassium in approximately the same ratios* in which they occur in aragonite.
- Very strong source of carbonates (derived from aragonite).
- Increases alkalinity to help stabilize pH.
- Stronger than competing products.
- May be used as an inexpensive alternative to automated calcium reactor systems
- Free of phosphate, silicate, and organic material.
Brightwell Aquatics Liquid Reef sizes: 250mL, 500mL, 2L
Brightwell Aquatics Neo Mag Magnesium Media For Reef
$ 11.89
- High-purity, magnesium-rich mineral that may be employed in traditional calcium reactors, or even blended in to pre-existing aquarium substratum, to gradually increase and maintain the magnesium concentration in the system.
- Provides magnesium, which helps regulate the balance between calcium and carbonates in aquarium water, and is a component of aragonite, the mineral secreted by reef-building organisms to form skeletal material.
- Composed of magnesium, calcium, and carbonates.
- Optimal average particle size for use in media reactors and calcium reactors.
- Free of chloride and sulfate.
- Mined in the United States.
- Solid.
Brightwell Aquatics NeoMarine Salt Mix
$ 29.99
- Extensively-researched and tested over multi-year period, with a formulation based on current understanding of marine chemistry and marine biology as they pertain to the husbandry of all marine aquaria.
- Precision formulated to replicate the natural seawater ratios of every major element, as well as all non-conservative minor and trace elements.
- 134 g per US-gallon of purified water yields a specific gravity of 1.025g/cm3, with a ph of ~8.30 and alkalinity of ~7.5 dKH.
- Manufactured by Brightwell Aquatics in our production facility (not outsourced) under the strictest standards of quality. Every batch is lot numbered and sampled for quality control.
- Utilizes a production process that promotes particle size unifomity and dry, homogenous salt blend.
- Formulated by marine scientist; not composed of seawater evaporite
- On average, 75F water that has the proper amount of NeoMarine added to increase the specific gravity to 1.025 ppm will clear in less than 15-minutes with vigorous mixing, however when mixing a large batch (50-gallons) all at once it may take longer for the mix to completely clear.
Brightwell Aquatics pH +
$ 4.99
Brightwell Aquatics pH + Product Overview:
- Increases pH in marine and reef aquaria.
- May be used to help increase pH in aquaria that have adequate alkalinity yet have chronically-depressed pH levels; while not intended to act as a permanent solution to such issues, pH+ may be used as needed until the cause of depressed pH is discovered and remedied.
- Stronger than most competing products.
- Composed of purified water and ultra-high purity materials.
- Formulated by a marine scientist.
Brightwell Aquatics pH + sizes: 250mL, 500mL, 2L
Brightwell Aquatics Phosphat R
$ 14.99
Product Overview:
- Next-generation regenerable phosphate adsorption resin effective in marine aquaria; will also remove silicates.
- Far more effective than activated alumina and granular ferric products.
- Will not negatively impact water quality nor release phosphate or silicate once exhausted; will not break up or disintegrate like ferric medias, and contains no aluminum to dissolve in aquaria and harm inhabitants.
- Synthetic polymer resin beads provide for durability and good flow characteristics; may be employed in fluiduzed-bed, canister, or passive filtration.
- Regenerable up to five times, dramatically increasing cost effectiveness.
Brightwell Aquatics PhytoChrom
$ 6.29
Brightwell Aquatics PhytoChrom Product Overview:
- Provides 6 types of phytoplankton ranging in size from 1 - 30åµm.
- Ideally-sized for many soft corals, clams, sponges, tunicates, tube worms, bryozoans, larval crustaceans, and juvenile fishes.
- Formulated to provide over 200-million phytoplanktocells per ml.
- Does not require refrigeration.
- Supplemented with a proprietary amino acid to aid in coloration of invertebrates.
- Formulated by a marine scientist.
Brightwell Aquatics PhytoGold M
$ 6.29
Brightwell Aquatics PhytoGold M Product Overview:
- Provides phytoplankton ranging in size from 8 - 20åµm.
- Ideally-sized for many soft corals, clams, sponges, tunicates, tube worms, and larval invertebrates.
- Formulated to provide over 50-million phytoplanktocells per ml.
- Does not require refrigeration.
- Supplemented with a proprietary amino acid to aid in coloration of invertebrates.
- Formulated by a marine scientist.
Brightwell Aquatics PhytoGold S
$ 6.29
Brightwell Aquatics PhytoGold S Product Overview:
- Provides phytoplankton ranging in size from 4 - 10åµm.
- Ideally-sized for many soft corals, clams, sponges, tunicates, tube worms, and larval invertebrates.
- Formulated to provide over 75-million phytoplankton cells per ml.
- Does not require refrigeration.
- Supplemented with a proprietary amino acid to aid in coloration of invertebrates.
- Formulated by a marine scientist.
Brightwell Aquatics PhytoGreen M
$ 6.29
Brightwell Aquatics PhytoGreen M Product Overview:
- Provides phytoplankton ranging in size from 10 - 15åµm.
- Ideally-sized for many soft corals, clams, sponges, tunicates, tube worms, and larval invertebrates.
- Formulated to provide over 650-million phytoplanktoncells per ml.
- Does not require refrigeration.
- Supplemented with a proprietary amino acid to aid in coloration of invertebrates.
- Formulated by a marine scientist.
Brightwell Aquatics PhytoGreen S
$ 6.29
Brightwell Aquatics PhytoGreen S Product Overview:
- Provides phytoplankton ranging in size from 1 - 2åµm.
- Ideally-sized for many soft corals, clams, sponges, tunicates, tube worms, and larval invertebrates.
- Formulated to provide over 1-billion phytoplanktoncells per ml.
- Does not require refrigeration.
- Supplemented with a proprietary amino acid to aid in coloration of invertebrates.
- Formulated by a marine scientist.
Brightwell Aquatics Potassion - Potassium Solution for Reef Aquaria
$ 6.99
Potassium Solution Primarly for Reef Aquaria Housing SPS Corals
Brightwell Aquatics Potassion - Potassium Solution for Reef Aquaria Overview
- Highly-concentrated ionic potassium solution.
- Provides potassium, an important component of aragonite (the mineral secreted as skeletal material by corals and other reef-building marine organisms), complexed into pigments that enhance blue coloration of some small-polyp stony corals, important to proper neurological function, and depleted in marine aquaria by livestock.
- 80,000 ppm K; considerably stronger and more economical than competing potassium products.
- May be used to combat potassium depletion that often accompanies the use of zeolite-based filtration methods employed to maintain ultra-low-nutrient aquaria.
- Formulated by a marine scientist.
Brightwell Aquatics Potassion - Potassium Solution for Reef Aquaria sizes: 250mL, 500mL, 2L
Brightwell Aquatics Reef Code A-P Powder Supplement
$ 9.80
Product Overview:
- The calcium-bearing component of a two-part method for dosing calcium and carbonates (the substances largely responsible for increasing alkalinity (‰buffering capacity‰)) in the same ratio as that found in natural seawater.
- Ionically-balanced with respect to natural seawater concentrations of calcium and carbonates when Reef Code A and Reef Code B are used in equal amounts.
- Benefits reef-building organisms such as corals, clams, calcareous algae, etc.
- Simplifies calcium and alkalinity maintenance.
- Stronger than most competing products.
- Contains no phosphate, silicate, or organic material.
- Formulated by a marine scientist.
Brightwell Aquatics Reef Code A-P sizes: 500g, 1kg, 4kg,
Brightwell Aquatics Reef Code B-P Powder Supplement
$ 9.80
Product Overview:
- The alkalinity-bearing component of a two-part method for dosing calcium and carbonates (the substances largely responsible for increasing alkalinity (‰buffering capacity‰)) in the same ratio as that found in natural seawater.
- Ionically-balanced with respect to natural seawater concentrations of calcium and carbonates when Reef Code A and Reef Code B are used in equal amounts.
- Benefits reef-building organisms such as corals, clams, calcareous algae, etc.
- Simplifies calcium and alkalinity maintenance.
- Stronger than most competing products.
- Contains no phosphate, silicate, or organic material.
- Formulated by a marine scientist.
Brightwell Aquatics Reef Code A-P sizes: 500g, 1kg, 4kg,
Brightwell Aquatics Reef Snow
$ 8.89
Replicates marine snow for corals & other suspension-feeding marine invertebrates
Brightwell Aquatics Reef Snow sizes: 250mL, 500mL, 2L.
Overview
- Complex of carbonate-bound, non-conservative major, minor, and trace elements in aragonite ratios, as well as marine-derived proteins and lipids in coral tissue ratios.
- Simultaneously delivers appropriate inorganic and organic nutrients required by stony corals, both zooxanthellate and azooxanthellate soft corals, gorgonians, clams, tube worms, sponges, tunicates, and other suspension-feeding invertebrates for growth of both soft tissue and skeletal material.
- Ideally fed at night when most corals extend their tentacles forprey-capture.
- Does not require refrigeration.
- Formulated by a marine scientist.
Technical Background
Marine snow is a term coined by oceanographers to describe aggregate particulate material (which may or may not be organic) falling towards the sea floor; the material, itself, is largely composed of the remnants of deceased zooplankton and large phytoplankton. These organic particles typically become colonized by various microorganisms (primarily bacteria and protozoans) during their descent towards the sea floor; the decomposition of the organic material by the microorganism ‰ÛÏcolony‰ on each particle recycles the nutrients locked up within it. The constant descent of these particles through the water column has the appearance of snow fall, hence the name ‰ÛÏmarine snow‰. While marine snow is primarily associated with productive regions of the open ocean rather than tropical coral reefs, the concept (with some improvements adressing the requirements of reef-building organisms) may be applied to reef aquaria as a means of simultaneously delivering organic and inorganic nutrients to corals and other suspension-feeding invertebrates.
Brightwell Aquatics Reef Snow effectively replicates the concept of marine snow by combining a ‰ÛÏcore substrate‰ of carbonate-bound, non-conservative major, minor, and trace elements (all in aragonite ratios) with marine-derived proteins and fatty acids (all in coral tissue ratios). It does not contain any sugars or their derivatives. Reef Snow delivers both organic and inorganic nutrients to corals and their allies, clams, tube worms, and other suspension-feeding marine invertebrates; it may be of particular benefit to the hobbyist wishing to maintain azooxanthellate soft corals in deep-water biotope aquaria. The collective benefits of providing these nutrients in the same ‰ÛÏpackage‰ are increased growth rates of both soft tissue and skeletal material.
Reef Snow does not require refrigeration, however storage in a cool, shaded area will prolong the shelf-life. Refrigeration will maximize the shelf-life of the product.
Instructions
Shake product well before using. Turn protein skimmer and other forms of mechanical filtration off prior to adding Reef Snow to aquaria, and allow 10 - 15 minutes after use before resuming operation of filtration. Most zooxanthellate corals extend their tentacles at night, when the majority of coralivorous and zooplanktivorous fishes are asleep and the abundance of zooplankton in the water column passing over and through the reef is at its greatest. Therefore, the most sensible time to feed Reef Snow to corals is after all lights in the aquarium have been off (preferably for at least one- to two-hours) and the room is dark. Using a dim flashlight, illuminate the area immediately upstream of the coral to be fed, then feed as directed below. Slight cloudiness of the aquarium water accompanying dosage of Reef Snow is a result of the inorganic active components entering solution and will dissipate rapidly.
Target Feeding (recommended): Target feeding may be carried out with a lengthy piece of rigid air tubing, plastic syringe, pipette, dropper, or similar device; suck a portion of Reef Snow into the feeding device, then slowly discharge the contents of the device 2 - 4‰ upstream of the target organism(s). Repeat these steps as deemed necessary. Do not place items that have been exposed to aquarium water inside this container without first thoroughly rinsing them (inside and outside) with fresh water; failure to do so will contaminate the product and encourage it to decompose. See ‰Û÷Notes‰۪ below regarding maximum recommended feeding amount.
Broadcast Dispersal: Add up to 2.5 ml (å_-capful) per 50 gallons of water in the entire aquarium system in an area of rapid water movement every other day for the first four weeks of use; thereafter, the dosage may be gradually increased if desired.
Notes: Reef Snow should be considered a type of food. Add no more than 5 ml total of liquid food suspensions per 50 gallons of water in the entire aquarium system daily for the first four weeks of use; thereafter, the dosage may be gradually increased as desired. Caution: Keep out of reach of children. Not for human consumption.
guaranteed analysis
Carbonate 2,769 mg/oz. (93,600 ppm), calcium 1,627 mg/oz. (55,000 ppm), strontium 32.5 mg/oz. (1,100 ppm), magnesium 4.4 mg/oz. (150 ppm), potassium 0.3 mg/oz. (10 ppm), moisture (max) 70%, protein (min) 0.5%, lipids (min) 0.15%, fiber (min) 0%.
Ingredients
Purified water, carbonates of calcium, strontium, magnesium, potassium, marine-derived proteins and lipids.
Brightwell Aquatics Strontion
$ 6.99
Product Overview:
- Highly-concentrated ionic strontium solution.
- Incorporated by corals, clams, and other reef-building invertebrates into aragonite, the mineral that is secreted as skeletal material.
- Stronger than most competing strontium solutions.
- Contains no unwanted organic material such as EDTA, gluconate, or polygluconate.
- Over 50% stronger than most competing products.
- Free of phosphate, silicate, and organic material.
- Formulated by a marine scientist.
Brightwell Aquatics Strontion sizes: 250mL, 500mL, 2L
Brightwell Aquatics Strontion Powder
$ 11.49
Product Overview:
- High-purity powdered strontium.
- Incorporated by corals, clams, and other reef-building invertebrates into aragonite, the mineral that is secreted as skeletal material.
- Stronger and more economical than liquid strontium solutions; created for hobbyists maintaining multiple reef aquaria.
- Formulated by a marine scientist.
- It is recommended that the strontium concentration in the aquarium be determined by using an accurate test kit prior to supplementing. Do not add this product directly to an aquarium containing live animals without first diluting in water as directed.
Technical Background
Strontium is found in the bones of fish and, more importantly, in aragonite, the mineral secreted by reef-building marine invertebrates such as corals, clams, tube worms, and their respective allies. Overall, strontium accounts for between 0.75 - 1.00% of aragonite‰۪s total mass, and findings suggest that strontium itself induces inorganic precipitation of other ions, creating abiogenic aragonite. Rapid growth rates of corals and other reef-building invertebrates witnessed when strontium is maintained at the natural seawater concentration of approximately 8 ppm suggest this element‰۪s importance in the marine environment. Once the rate of strontium uptake in the aquarium has been determined, the proper dosing rate of this product can be easily calculated.
Brightwell Aquatics Strontion Powder sizes: 150g, 300g, 600g, 1.2kg
Brightwell Aquatics Xport PO4 Cubes
$ 31.00
Ultra-activated Phosphate-adsorption Media with Superior Performance Characteristics
Overview
- Utilizes NanoIntelex Technology to create an enhanced, "ultra-activated" material with the capacity to outperform conventional phosphate-adsorption media by over 500%
- Removes ~30 - 100 mg phosphate per 1 g of media, dependant upon initial concentration in system.
- Open structure and high surface area results in superior flow-through characteristics and adsorptive efficiency.
- Higher adsorptive capacity relative to conventional media results in smaller space requirements to achieve equivalent phosphate uptake.
- Capable of removing phosphate for over 1-year after initial placement in aquatic system.
- May be used in conjunction with Xport Bio Cubes and Xport NO3 Cubes
Sizes
350g, 700g, 2000g
instructions
Read all instructions before use.
The use of a mechanical pre-filter to remove particulate organic material from water prior to its interaction with this media will improve efficiency.
Rinse Xport PO4 Cubes in purified water or low-TDS fresh water, then place media into a clean pail and fill with water from the aquarium into which the media is to be placed.
At an initial phosphate concentration of 1 ppm or less, 350 g of Xport PO4 Cubes is capable of extracting ~10.5 g of phosphate; this equates to 1 g of Xport PO4 Cubes per 396 US-gallons (1,500 L) to eliminate 0.02 ppm phosphate. Replace media when phosphate concentration ceases to decrease (if greater than 0 ppm) or begins to increase.
In low-nutrient aquaria, it is not uncommon for several months to pass before the media has become exhausted. If corals or other invertebrates appear to react negatively to the use of the media, it may be an indication that reactive phosphate is being removed too aggressively; decrease amount used by 50% and continue use until phosphate concentration appears to be immeasurable.
The most efficient use of Xport PO4 Cubes will rely upon regular testing for phosphate with an accurate test kit to ensure that the mass of media being employed is suitable for the system requirements. A flow-through rate of 1 - 3x the total aquarium volume per hour is recommended. Do not fluidize; fluidization serves to decrease filtration efficiency and may cause gradual deterioration of the material, potentially resulting in dispersal of harmless, but unattractive, dust throughout the system.
Canister filtration:
Load Xport-PO4 into filter cartridge as directed by filter manufacturer.
Passive filtration:
Place Xport PO4 Cubes loosely in an 800µm mesh filter bag and locate in an area of low- to medium-flow.
Media reactors:
If placing Xport PO4 Cubes into a media reactor, ensure that the media remains "static" and non-moving.
Brightwell Aquatics Zooplanktos L
$ 6.29
Brightwell Aquatics Zooplanktos LåÊOverview:
- Provides zooplankton ranging in size from 500 - 2,000åµm (2mm).
- Ideally-sized for many stony corals, clams, tube worms, larval crustaceans, juvenile fishes, and adult planktivorous and microinvertebrate-predatory fishes.
- Does not require refrigeration.
- Supplemented with a proprietary amino acid to aid incoloration of invertebrates and fishes.
- Formulated by a marine scientist.
Brightwell Aquatics Zooplanktos M
$ 6.29
Brightwell Aquatics Zooplanktos MåÊOverview:
- Provides zooplankton ranging in size from 500 - 1,000åµm (1mm).
- Ideally-sized for many stony corals, clams, tube worms, larval crustaceans, juvenile fishes, and adult planktivorous and microinvertebrate-predatory fishes.
- Does not require refrigeration.
- Supplemented with a proprietary amino acid to aid incoloration of invertebrates and fishes.
- Formulated by a marine scientist.
Brightwell Aquatics Zooplanktos S
$ 6.29
Brightwell Aquatics Zooplanktos SåÊOverview:
- Provides zooplankton and fully-digestible, unhatched eggs ranging in size from 50 - 300åµm.
- Ideally-sized for many stony corals, clams, sponges, tunicates, tube worms, larval crustaceans, juvenile fishes, and adult planktivorous and microinvertebrate-predatory fishes.
- Formulated to provide over four-thousand prey per ml.
- Does not require refrigeration.
- Supplemented with a proprietary amino acid to aid incoloration of invertebrates and fishes.
- Formulated by a marine scientist.
Brightwell Calcion
$ 6.29
Product Overview:
- Highly-concentrated ionic calcium solution.
- Increases the concentration of calcium in marine aquarium water to provide corals and other reef-building invertebrates with one of the most important elements required for growth.
- Is ionic rather than chelated, and contains no unwanted organic material such as EDTA, gluconate, or polygluconate.
- Over 50% stronger than most competing products.
- Free of phosphate, silicate, and organic material.
- Formulated by a marine scientist.
Brightwell Phosphat-E
$ 19.19
Product Overview:
- Liquid solution for immediate elimination of reactive phosphate from all marine and reef aquaria
- Safe for all inhabitants of reef and marine fish-only aquaria
- Each ml eliminates 1 ppm phosphate in 4 US gallons of water.
- Helps facilitate the removal of phosphate from aquaria during periods when dissolved organic material is abundant.
- May be used on an ongoing basis to help control phosphate in heavily-stocked aquaria.
- Over 50% stronger than most competing products.
- Formulated by a marine scientist.
Brightwell Reef Biofuel
$ 8.89
Overview
- Helps maintain a balanced nutrient-limited marine aquarium by enabling the hobbyist to enhance the rate of microbial growth and reproduction, increasing the rate of phosphate-reduction and denitrification; this is of particular benefit in heavily-stocked, well-fed reef aquaria.
- Replaces ‰ÛÏvodka method‰ of microbial activity- enhancement with a completely safe and biologically-sound, non-flammable alternative to using vodka or ethanol.
- Indirectly benefits corals and other suspension- feeding invertebrates by encouraging reproduction of bacterioplankton (an important food source for suspension-feeding invertebrates).
- Encourages polyp-expansion in all corals.
- May be used to help expedite biological filtration in new set-ups.
- Formulated by a marine scientist.
Brightwell Reef Biofuel sizes: 250mL, 500mL, 2L
Technical BackgroundThe concept of biological filtration is simply to utilize living organisms to remove substances from aquatic systems as a natural result of their respiration and metabolic processes. This mode of filtration is at work in any aquarium system housing live organisms, though microbes (e.g. various types of bacteria) are arguably responsible for the majority of nutrient-remineralization that takes place; oceanographic studies have shown that up to 90% of the dissolved organic carbon present in seawater may be assimilated by planktonic bacteria (bacterioplankton) into new biomass. This nutrient assimilation simultaneously removes nitrogen (as ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate) and phosphorus (as phosphate) from the water, making bacterioplankton a very effective sink of dissolved organic material that would otherwise fuel the growth of organisms such as cyanobacteria and filamentous algae in aquaria.
Bacterioplankton are also an important food source for organisms that are able to capture them from the water column. In a sense, utilizing these microbes to control dissolved organic material and then gradually removing the microbes themselves on a continuous basis through protein skimming and the feeding activities of corals, clams, tube worms, tunicates, sponges, and their respective allies, becomes an effective means of nutrient-harvest. Simultaneously, it promotes the health of these suspension-feeding organisms through constant feeding (encouraging polyp-expansion in many types of corals), and promotes water quality. The entire process requires that adequate carbon be present in a usable form. In aquaria with a tendency towards elevated phosphate and nitrate concentrations, an appropriate source of carbon may quickly become depleted. Reef BioFuel provides a source of bioavailable carbon to ensure that nutrient remineralization is efficient and effective.
Instructions and Guidelines
Shake product well before using. The main goal of using Reef BioFuel is to provide a source of organic carbon to bacterioplankton, enabling them to assimilate available phosphate and nitrate into new biomass (removing these nutrients from the water column and making them unavailable for uptake by cyanobacteria and algae); the resulting increase in bacterioplankton biomass is then removed from the aquarium via protein skimming and through the feeding activities of suspension-feeding invertebrates such as corals, clams, tube worms, tunicates, sponges, and their respective allies. In this fashion, good water quality is maintained, a food source is provided to many aquarium inhabitants, and a large percentage of the assimilated nutrients are directly removed from the system (via protein skimming). Do not use this product in any aquarium in which active and effective protein skimming is not in use. The skimmer may be turned off for a few (e.g. 2 - 6) hours following addition of Reef BioFuel to the aquarium to enable nutrient uptake and assimilation, whereupon skimming should be resumed; the use of a timer and automated doser to control protein skimming and dosing is a simple and effective means of accomplishing this. Alternately, the product may be effectively employed without turning skimming off at all. Grossly overdosing Reef BioFuel will not significantly increase the effectiveness of the product, nor the rate at which it enacts changes in aquaria; in fact, it may have a deleterious effect on water quality if not used as directed. The following recommendations are based upon extensive testing and will produce the best results in most aquaria; dosage may be adjusted according to perceived benefit to aquarium with time.
Medium- to High-nutrient Systems: Add 5 ml (1 capful) per 50 US-gallons (189.3 L) [èÏ2 drops per gallon (3.8 L)] of aquarium water daily. Monitor concentrations of phosphate and nitrate with accurate test kits; phosphate and nitrate should eventually become immeasurable (or nearly so) when a balance is reached between the rates of nutrient-input and nutrient-assimilation. Thereafter, switch to ‰ÛÏlow-nutrient‰ dosage (below). Low-nutrient Systems: Add 5 ml (1 capful) per 100 US-gallons (378.5 L) [èÏ1 drop per gallon (3.8 L)] of aquarium water daily. With time, hobbyists may determine that decreasing the dosage and/or dosing frequency by up to 50% sufficiently maintains a low-nutrient environment. During changes in biological filtration or when increasing the aquarium bioload, dose 1 drop per 50 US-gallons daily for one week, then resume ‰ÛÏlow-nutrient‰ dosage.
Caution:
Keep out of reach of children. Not for human consumption.
Ingredients:
Purified water, proprietary blend of ACS-grade organic carbon sources.