A Nitrate Dosing Calculator For Better Tank Health (And Better Coral Color!)

by Stratos It has become a phenomenon of increasing frequency in the reefing hobby today to have “too clean” of a tank.  Zero nitrates, and sometimes even zero phosphates are found behind more and more tank issues.  Either can be quite problematic for the tank. With the ever popular “ULNS” systems and all methods of carbon […]

The in situ light microenvironment of corals

  Article Title: The in situ light microenvironment of corals Authors: Daniel Wangpraseurt, Lubos Polerecky, Anthony W.D. Larkum, Peter J. Ralph, Daniel A. Nielsen, Mathieu Pernice, Michael Kühl Journal: Limnology and Oceanography, Volume 59, Issue 3, May 2014, Pages 917–926 DOI: 10.4319/lo.2014.59.3.0917 PDF Link.   I don’t understand the choice of words “Scalar irradiance”, but the meaning in […]