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Yes you used to be able to still get Caulerpa palifera, we had some in 2012(?) on the shallows of your reef tank.

Nope since since January 1, 2024: https://www.coastkeeper.org/caulerpa-ban-jan-1/ Starting today, January 1, 2024, Californians are...

That would be a molar N/P ratio of 27.6. The NO3/PO4 ratio falls well below the NO3/PO4 ratio of 100-150 recommended by Fauna Marin...

What test kits are you using? A reading of "zero" is not actually zero, it just means that the level is lower than your test kit's...

Yes a wealth of info can be found in these journals stretching all the way back to 1958! They also have a cumulative searchable index of...

The ability to remove the precipitate (either LaPO4 or La2(CO3)3) is entirely dependent on contact time and the size of particulate your...

In my experience, and granted this is on a 212,000 gallon system, you need to add it slowly, in small amounts. We add ours into a sand...

Actually the PO4 was due to ground water intrusion at the point where the intake is as evidenced by a salinity of 24 ppt, and that...

Just wanted to comment on the ratios I see being mentioned on the forum. Just to clarify the formula of NO3/PO4 * 1.53 does not give a...

As others have mentioned consider adding Lysmata wurdemani shrimp. They will take out the small ones pretty quickly. Sorry, I don't know...

When were you at the Museum? I was there June 17, 2024. The alkalinity and Ca levels in all the coral tanks there are maintained in the...