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Forum: The Reef Chemistry Forum 01/02/2008, 02:54 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 18,681
Posted By Kalkbreath
What I meant to say is "DOW flake calcium" not...

What I meant to say is "DOW flake calcium" not simply "calcium".

As in the "product "not the "element".


For every one million DOW flake parts , you will find that seven-thousand of those...
Forum: The Reef Chemistry Forum 12/23/2007, 05:13 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 18,681
Posted By Kalkbreath
When DOW states that the new Calcium flake...

When DOW states that the new Calcium flake contains 7,000. ppm bromide, does this mean that for every 1,000,000 calcium parts there are seven thousand bromide parts?

And when Instant Ocean states...
Forum: The Reef Chemistry Forum 12/21/2007, 12:29 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 18,681
Posted By Kalkbreath
Do we really know what the current levels of...

Do we really know what the current levels of bromide are in Commercial salt mixes? Perhaps they use DOW Calcium.
Forum: Tridacnid Clams and other Mollusks 11/20/2007, 02:01 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,309
Posted By Kalkbreath
The entire ORA facility in the Marshalls has been...

The entire ORA facility in the Marshalls has been dry for many months.
Forum: Tridacnid Clams and other Mollusks 11/20/2007, 02:01 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,309
Posted By Kalkbreath
The ORA facility in the Marshalls has been dry...

The ORA facility in the Marshalls has been dry for many months.
Forum: Tridacnid Clams and other Mollusks 11/03/2007, 12:28 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,005
Posted By Kalkbreath
Your second clam is ill as well. The open gape...

Your second clam is ill as well.
The open gape and the brown discoloration of the gills ....means it is increasingly being deprived of Oxygen as microbes colonize its gill tissues.
How long have...
Forum: Tridacnid Clams and other Mollusks 10/27/2007, 09:54 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 5,765
Posted By Kalkbreath
Hey, what kind of calcium salt and carbonate to...

Hey, what kind of calcium salt and carbonate to you use ...if I might ask?
Forum: Tridacnid Clams and other Mollusks 10/21/2007, 03:20 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 5,765
Posted By Kalkbreath
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Forum: Tridacnid Clams and other Mollusks 10/21/2007, 03:10 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 5,765
Posted By Kalkbreath
These are my personal collection.

These are my personal collection.
Forum: Tridacnid Clams and other Mollusks 10/21/2007, 03:09 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 5,765
Posted By Kalkbreath
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Forum: The Reef Chemistry Forum 10/18/2007, 12:30 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 6,399
Posted By Kalkbreath
Do you agree with my position that Calcium...

Do you agree with my position that Calcium supplements might be an even greater concern?
Forum: The Reef Chemistry Forum 10/17/2007, 10:32 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 6,399
Posted By Kalkbreath
Whats "disappointing" , is that none of the salt...

Whats "disappointing" , is that none of the salt manufacturers I talked with seem have any idea that there is an issue with bromide in their salts.
How can we think they have made any needed...
Forum: Tridacnid Clams and other Mollusks 10/11/2007, 03:00 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 716
Posted By Kalkbreath
Burning a clams gills is never a something to be...

Burning a clams gills is never a something to be taken lightly. They respond by producing mucus which covers the gills to shield the delicate membranes from the substance.
This in turn invites all...
Forum: Tridacnid Clams and other Mollusks 10/11/2007, 02:45 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 716
Posted By Kalkbreath
I can tell from looking at the top edges of your...

I can tell from looking at the top edges of your clam's shell
(where the new scutes form ) that this clam has not been laying down new shell for quite some time.
It should be bright shiny white...
Forum: Tridacnid Clams and other Mollusks 10/04/2007, 04:38 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,684
Posted By Kalkbreath
Understanding that there is a big difference...

Understanding that there is a big difference between the skill needed using an open system (ocean ) and the difficulty in duplicating those water paramenters in a closed system can not be over...
Forum: Tridacnid Clams and other Mollusks 10/04/2007, 03:24 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,684
Posted By Kalkbreath
And once again I must point out that it is the...

And once again I must point out that it is the tens of thousands of domesticated landscape and farm plants which illustrate quite clearly that domestication of plants through artificial selective...
Forum: Tridacnid Clams and other Mollusks 10/04/2007, 03:22 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,684
Posted By Kalkbreath
But some how your not conflicting your position? ...

But some how your not conflicting your position?
Had the clam in Hawaii had babies and those babies were selected for re cultivation using criteria other then natural selection (like the farmer...
Forum: Tridacnid Clams and other Mollusks 10/04/2007, 02:58 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,684
Posted By Kalkbreath
Yes, but imagine how much more impressive it...

Yes, but imagine how much more impressive it would be to raise a Giraffe or Tiger in ARTIFICIAL AIR and GRAVITY!

I offer the GA Aquarium and their non open system reef tank displays as a...
Forum: Tridacnid Clams and other Mollusks 10/03/2007, 12:23 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,684
Posted By Kalkbreath
I thought that the big clam is in an open system?...

I thought that the big clam is in an open system?
Seawater from a natural reef and sunlight is hardly "captivity"
More like a "bait well"

....How ever if I'm wrong and its truly been raised...
Forum: Tridacnid Clams and other Mollusks 10/02/2007, 01:11 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,884
Posted By Kalkbreath
I guess until we have 1.5 inch croceas for sale...

I guess until we have 1.5 inch croceas for sale to compare to similarly sized Maxima clams ....we may never know.
But consider that Wild Clams are placed together during transport and holding...
Forum: The Reef Chemistry Forum 09/25/2007, 01:16 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 429
Posted By Kalkbreath
I wondering why plastic or glass heaters don't...

I wondering why plastic or glass heaters don't cause a similar response? and what if there is a bi-product to this reaction like chlorine bromine, fluorine......
Forum: The Reef Chemistry Forum 09/24/2007, 05:34 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 429
Posted By Kalkbreath
Titanium heat probe

I seem to be getting a white crusty precipitation on the probe.
Any thoughts on why titanium would cause this?
The crust can be scraped off and the titanium itself seems to have not corroded. ...
Forum: The Reef Chemistry Forum 09/22/2007, 10:54 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 472
Posted By Kalkbreath
What if an artificial seasalt which contains high...

What if an artificial seasalt which contains high bromide levels is mixed with tap water containing chlorine ?
The chemistry would be something like so:
magnesium bromide + chlorine ----->...
Forum: The Reef Chemistry Forum 09/20/2007, 03:08 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 472
Posted By Kalkbreath
I dont sea how you arrive at the idea that high...

I dont sea how you arrive at the idea that high levels of bromide are safe in reef tanks?
The research on reef invertebrates from( urchins to clams) clearly shows that it has negative effects.
Forum: The Reef Chemistry Forum 09/19/2007, 10:25 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 472
Posted By Kalkbreath
How much Bromide?

What do we suppose the current bromide levels are American salt manufacturers products?
Its bound to have increased due to changes in the US market of cheap clean calcium in the states, the most...
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