Reef Aquarium Chemistry for Beginners Part 2

Boomer · 04-07-2007, 05:40 AM

The “How To” Guide to Reef Aquarium Chemistry for Beginners Part 2: What Chemicals Must be Supplemented by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com

kronos5 · 06-14-2008, 08:22 PM

good article

Woodstock · 06-14-2008, 08:31 PM

Thanks for the link Boomer

ELLAS · 02-04-2009, 04:35 AM

Can anybody tell me a real good reason whether or not I should be controlling redox or orp in the tank, do I really need that whole setup for my system? Excuse me if I didnt make complete sense on this subject..

CaRSMDuke · 03-26-2009, 05:02 PM

Thanks for the link.
Very interesting site.

Basile · 04-14-2009, 09:37 PM

Thanks i was just into this kind of infosearch for my algae biotope. Good articles.

DaveK · 04-14-2009, 10:00 PM

Yes, it is an excellent article. You can't take that away from Randy Holmes-Farley.

My big objection to a lot of his writing is that it's really not geared to a beginner. They tend to be long involved articles, going into great detail. This is all great for people that are experienced and want to "know all" about the subject, but it is far beyond what most beginners can take in.

What's needed is about a two page summary up front, that tells people what the water parameters should be, and if they are out, what to do to correct them.

In the case of supplements, tell, in your opinion, which are useful, and which are questionable, and which you don't need. Most beginners need a cookbook approach. In other words, they need to be told what to do to get a reasonable system going, and not be snowed under by a lot of information they don't understand, and can't evaluate or apply it.

JeF4y · 05-12-2009, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by DaveK

Yes, it is an excellent article. You can't take that away from Randy Holmes-Farley.

My big objection to a lot of his writing is that it's really not geared to a beginner. They tend to be long involved articles, going into great detail. This is all great for people that are experienced and want to "know all" about the subject, but it is far beyond what most beginners can take in.

I don't know that I'd wholly agree with that. I'm brand new to reefing and read his articles yesterday along with my wife. While some of it did not make sense (I still don't understand the meq/l measurements, so I just go with the dKH) but overall it was pretty logical and understandable for us.

We found some areas where we were looking at making potential mistakes and have avoided them (balanced additives), and whipped up a gallon of his Alkalinity and Magnesium mixes. We cautiously started dosing our tank last night as the calcium and magnesium were incredibly low, and ph/alk was just slightly low.

To me, his articles took some of the mystery out of it and made sense out of things. Very glad we came across them.

04-07-2007, 05:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
Boomer Reef Sanctuary's Mr. Wizard Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Duluth, Minnesota Posts: 2,607 View Gallery Karma Komment	Reef Aquarium Chemistry for Beginners Part 2 The “How To” Guide to Reef Aquarium Chemistry for Beginners Part 2: What Chemicals Must be Supplemented by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com __________________ Boomer Want to Talk Chemistry ! The Reef Chemistry Forum Want to See More ! The Coral Realm If you See Me Running You Better Catch-Up An explosion can be defined as a loud noise, accompanied by the sudden going away of things, from a place where they use to be.

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ELLAS Tunicate Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 3 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reef Aquarium Chemistry for Beginners Part 2 Can anybody tell me a real good reason whether or not I should be controlling redox or orp in the tank, do I really need that whole setup for my system? Excuse me if I didnt make complete sense on this subject..

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CaRSMDuke Fire Coral Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Murrieta, Ca. Posts: 72 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Reef Aquarium Chemistry for Beginners Part 2 Thanks for the link. Very interesting site. __________________ Mike

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DaveK Reef Lobster Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Philadelpahia, PA Posts: 1,353 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reef Aquarium Chemistry for Beginners Part 2 Yes, it is an excellent article. You can't take that away from Randy Holmes-Farley. My big objection to a lot of his writing is that it's really not geared to a beginner. They tend to be long involved articles, going into great detail. This is all great for people that are experienced and want to "know all" about the subject, but it is far beyond what most beginners can take in. What's needed is about a two page summary up front, that tells people what the water parameters should be, and if they are out, what to do to correct them. In the case of supplements, tell, in your opinion, which are useful, and which are questionable, and which you don't need. Most beginners need a cookbook approach. In other words, they need to be told what to do to get a reasonable system going, and not be snowed under by a lot of information they don't understand, and can't evaluate or apply it.

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