Man, thank you for doing this podcast Adam,  helps fill the void left by Jake.

Such a great pod cast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Adam this podcast has really became my go to podcast. Keep up the good work. Great convo with Lou

Rip Lou!! 😪

I’d like to add from 10:38 Corals don’t care as much about nitrate because it is not a limiting reactant in marine ecosystems. In the ocean the limiting nutrient reactant is often times phosphate

Joined the hobby because I liked the colors and the peace of a reef tank, and just been drowning in science ever since

Adam gonna go down as a goat in this for sure. All the knowledge he has, and has gained from this podcast alone and being able to provide this info for coral junkies like myself. Keep it up!

Great episode Adam 👍

Good informative video.

When Lou said he didn’t like something about Kalkwasser @56:00 , he talked about the growth of a branch grown in 8.2 pH with 440 Ca and Alk of 7 not being as brittle as a branch from the same species growing in 8.4-8.6 pH with 600 Ca and Alk of 11. The problem is that most tanks that are doing nothing to correct pH, have a suppressed pH of 7.8-8.0, and without Kalk or something to correct their pH closer to seawater, they are never getting to 8.2. Most who use Kalk are just trying to get to 8.2 or 8.3 pH. If you are going beyond that, you are in the fastlane/trailblazer category and that is a very small % of the people using Kalk. Chris Meckley, for example, talks about achieving a flat line of 8.29 pH, which is closer to Lou’s 8.2 strong branch than the 8.4-8.6 brittle branch Lou is talking about.

He also sneaks in wild amounts of Ca and Alk for the branch grown with Kalk, but Ca and Alk need not be that high to achieve corrected pH (8.2-8.3) with Kalk. It’s also strange that he dings Kalk saying that in a healthy tank, Kalk can’t keep up with Calcium and then dings Kalk in a scenario where the Calcium is wildly high. Btw - Meckley recommends monitoring calcium and keeping it below 500.

Lou seems like a great guy. But his argument here against Kalk seems illogical to me. Possibly it’s a biased argument because Kalk is nearly free compared to the cost of replacement products, which his company sells. Possibly I’m not understanding something. Either way, Lou seems genuine, and I’m not trying to target him here. I just want fair arguments to be brought against Kalkwasser, so we can all learn what is best. Kalk is just a tool, like any product Tropic Marin sells. Kalk doesn’t require you to dose to 8.4-8.6 pH with Ca of 600 and Alk of 11; similarly one isn’t required to overdose any of the products Tropic Marin sells.

Lou is a great guy!  Phos start and phos feed is incredible! No joke my sps and LPS corals are doing phenomenal even since I began using phos start and now I’m transitioned into phos feed . Lou gave me some at rap to try out and not long after testing it out I stocked up on more because the results were amazing.  Great episode 🤙

Mixing more reef roids after watching this 😂

Love this if you want a UK Reefer as a guest I'm down!

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Great show!  FYI Fedex dropped off another coral package and asked where the snarky note was :)  I told them they are at 2 out of 3 and at 3 out of 4 successful deliveries they get a prize...  Cheers Bud. Thanks for all the help

What’s the difference between PhosFeed and Reef Actif?

All ways enjoy your show

Hey Adam - I always skip the intro until this one and then I heard people are not subscribing - probably most skip the intro so ask them to subscribe early on when chatting with the guest ;)

Newbie here who’s getting into reefing (only done freshwater till now), I know this is an older podcast but wondering won’t overfeeding for the benefit of the corals result in fat unhealthy fish overeating?

And thanks for the awesome podcast series.

Question for Lou regarding the simple or long carbon forms to reduce nutrients in his product line. Im considering starting the Reef Actif, but also currently have higher nitrates and phosphates. So then looked at the Elim NP which contains 'polyalcohols" as the ingredient. Is this the same as using, say, vodka, that its going to be feeding the bad and good bacteria, if its an alcohol? Or do polyalcohols have the longer chain type we do want?