Quick Guide to Mastering Reef Tank Chemistry - Become an expert reef tank chemist without a degree!

Our Mastering Reef Tank Chemistry mini-series helps you understand the chemistry behind achieving the tank of your dreams and it's as simple as following these basic recommendations. Become a master in your tank's salinity, alkalinity, calcium, magnesium, nitrates, phosphate, pH and more...and it all starts with today's overview!

Master Reef Tank Chemistry in just a few episodes!

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[BRStv]

Be honest... Do you think Reef Chemistry is difficult? :)

[ThomasBReef]

SO EXCITED FOR THIS SERIES!!! Can I fanboy over BRS; is that weird? lol

[Mikek]

I'm learning so much!! Thanks Ryan and all of the staff at BRS! ❤️

[billyhenry]

Absolutely love these guys, the information they give you is amazing, it's free, they have spent thousands in educating themselves, they are helping for free, amazing!!!

[enzomontini]

You guys helped me set up my reef 2 years ago best thing I have ever done your my main research channel but shout out to other you tubers

[madshepsreef]

I’m really looking forward to this series UK

[gustavohernandez]

You all answered my prayers. This is the video I needed !! Thanks!

[joshuaheudes]

I would recommend a temperature controller above most things even frequently replacing the heater. I've had a tank crash with a new heater. There are very few things that can wipe your tank out in a matter of hours and that's one of them

[tombo]

Without a doubt one of the most informative videos I’ve watched in YouTube. I will watch this another two times to take notes. I will be buying a backup heater and schedule in my APEX a yearly change.

Dosing is something I’m scared off but as I add more corals i see my tank parameters become stable at new measurements. I will stop adding corals until I can slowly manage the parameters to recommended parameters.

To be honest dosing is something I don’t know enough about. I’ve had a DOS and pair of tanks since last November that I’ve been putting aside until I get more confortable with the trident. Than you again for such a great video.

[sandroaces]

I've learned alot from this channel very good work. From what I gather im just going to do a full water change twice a year and it will solve alot of problems in a simple manageable way

[RogueAquariums]

Great video Ryan. Definitely helps the Reefer avoid mistakes which can be preventable.

[freakygoblin]

Ph.. expect it to swing throughout the day. One of the reasons testing is recommended to do at the same time for comparison purposes.

[johnnymartinez]

I thank you guy's for sharing your knowledge with us. Billy Henry stated. Keep them coming. I would like to see how to program a doser ( not made by Neptune ) but connecting it to my Apex. el.
.Thank you all.

[harlanmichael]

Thanks for making such an informative video!

[acanskywalker]

I found it's a good idea to give your salt bucket a good shaking before every use to keep the minerals balanced!

[bramzii]

Had to pull that heater out of my tank a week ago because it started to leak copper to the tank. Apparently the top is not waterproof and the point where the earth cable is connected to the titanium housing has some copper in it.

[OCNcheffy]

I had a frustrating situation with Alkalinity that caused a lot of stress on my SPS. I used a Hannah alk checker and a Nyos test kit, and both reported the same numbers, which were 7.8-8.0. Upon going through weeks of sps tissue loss/death, I found out through the making of some red sea Part B check solution of 10dkh that both kits were off by 1.5-2dkh. When I used a red sea coral pro alk kit, the numbers were spot on to the reference solution and found that my tank has an alkalinity of 5.5-6. When I brough it to a red sea reported 8.0dkh, everything is now healed and growing very well.
Very frustrating that sometimes you can go through these inconsistencies with test kits.

[Maximka]

Hi Ryan. What you recommend about new mixed water with salt for weekly changes? Should we add anything else beside the salt to keep new water chemistry similar the tank water?

[reinholdu]

Ryan is back👍 ...can BRStv be revived🤗

[porcu]

The thought of the tank crashing really puts me off getting in to saltwater. I've been keeping freshwater for years and I don't really have to worry about calcium, alkalinity, phosphates, etc. Routine water changes from the tap has always been enough to keep things stable. If the water chemistry is slightly off, or the heater fails, I'll lose fish that cost significantly less to replace, and I won't need to worry about the several hundred dollars worth of corals that would have died had it been saltwater. I really really want to get in to saltwater, I just can't get past the fear. Heard too many horror stories of people coming home from work or waking up in the morning to find disaster in their tanks.