AquaVitro Reef Calcification

What is AquaVitro Reef Calcification?

AquaVitro Reef Calcification is a concentrated (140,000 mg/L) and optimised blend of ionic and bioavailable gluconate-complexed calcium designed to restore and maintain calcium to levels found in natural seawater, without affecting pH. These two forms of calcium are combined in Reef Calcification to provide you with a convenient way to ensure peak coral growth and health.

What are the benefits of gluconate-complexed calcium?

The uncharged calcium in Reef Calcification is readily absorbed with less physiological work than is required for the absorption of ionic calcium. Using Reef Calcification, it is not necessary to maintain the excessively high concentrations of calcium (about 450 mg/L or more) often recommended by other products.

In fact, excellent growth of corals and coralline algae is achieved with total calcium concentrations as low as 380 mg/L. Used up to four times recommended maintenance dose, the gluconate polymer will not accumulate or encourage the growth of undesirable algae. The polymer itself is beneficial as a food source not only to the corals and other invertebrates, but also to denitrifying bacteria, promoting the natural anaerobic denitrification process in live rock and other substrate.

Furthermore, the use of this gluconate polymer allows calcium, strontium, and magnesium to be utilised more readily than they would otherwise and also helps to stabilise them in solution without depleting alkalinity.

How do I use AquaVitro Reef Calcification?

To dose, simply add 5ml of AquaVitro Reef Calcification for every 70L of water. Do this twice a week. Check calcium levels once a week and adjust the dose amount or dose frequency accordingly. Each 5ml/70L dose will raise calcium levels by roughly 10 mg/L.