Reef Chemitry Puzzle #5

Randy Holmes-Farley · Nov 20, 2023

Just one clue today:

1. There are more of me than all other elements in a reef tank combined.

What am I?

Good luck!
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Previous Reef Chemistry Puzzle:

Reef Chemistry Puzzle #4

Four clues today: 1. I don't dissolve in water when reefers use me 2. I love calcium 3. I hate chloride 4. My insides are more acidic than anywhere in a fish. What am I? Good luck! Previous Reef Chemistry Puzzle: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/reef-chemistry-puzzle-3.1017520/...

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Mr_Knightley · Nov 20, 2023

Sodium chloride? Possibly h2O?

findingsimple · Nov 20, 2023

Raul-7 · Nov 20, 2023

Hydrogen.

Randy Holmes-Farley · Nov 22, 2023

Answer later today...

As an aside, this element is also the most numerous element in a cooked turkey. lol

Kraig · Nov 22, 2023

Sulfur

jda · Nov 22, 2023

Chloride?

dennis romano · Nov 22, 2023

Hydrogen

YOYOYOReefer · Nov 22, 2023

Carbon

Court_Appointed_Hypeman · Nov 22, 2023

Randy Holmes-Farley said:
Answer later today...

As an aside, this element is also the most numerous element in a cooked turkey. lol

Ohhh its tryptophan!

Has to be H2O though, I would be shocked otherwise

KenRexford · Nov 22, 2023

I was guessing aiptasia

Dobbs1101 · Nov 22, 2023

Sodium?

Randy Holmes-Farley · Nov 22, 2023

And the answer is…

1. There are more of me than all other elements in a reef tank combined.

What am I?

The key word is element. Compounds such as water are not elements. Individual elements are those shown on the periodic table: hydrogen, helium, lithium, etc.

In a reef tank, hydrogen is by far the most abundant element by number. The “more of me” part of the question implies numbers of the element, not mass of the element. Oxygen would win by mass, dominating water (H2O) and calcium carbonate (CaCO3). But water and organisms are very strongly dominated by hydrogen numbers and it will win out by number in any ordinary reef tank.

Following up on my comment about the dominating element in a turkey, I could not find exact data for a turkey, but the human body is strongly dominated by hydrogen, and I expect a turkey is similar;

Composition of the human body - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Thanks for playing and Happy Reefing!

Court_Appointed_Hypeman · Nov 22, 2023

Randy Holmes-Farley said:
And the answer is…

1. There are more of me than all other elements in a reef tank combined.

What am I?

The key word is element. Compounds such as water are not elements. Individual elements are those shown on the periodic table: hydrogen, helium, lithium, etc.

In a reef tank, hydrogen is by far the most abundant element by number. The “more of me” part of the question implies numbers of the element, not mass of the element. Oxygen would win by mass, dominating water (H2O) and calcium carbonate (CaCO3). But water and organisms are very strongly dominated by hydrogen numbers and it will win out by number in any ordinary reef tank.

Following up on my comment about the dominating element in a turkey, I could not find exact data for a turkey, but the human body is strongly dominated by hydrogen, and I expect a turkey is similar;

Composition of the human body - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Thanks for playing and Happy Reefing!

Dangit! Ill have to take it more literally next time.

Randy Holmes-Farley · Nov 22, 2023

Court_Appointed_Hypeman said:
Dangit! Ill have to take it more literally next time.

lol

Happy Reefing!

FUNGI · Nov 22, 2023

According to a movie I watched, water is an element......
multi-pass......

twentyleagues · Nov 22, 2023

FUNGI said:
According to a movie I watched, water is an element......
multi-pass......

But so is love......

gbroadbridge · Nov 22, 2023

Randy Holmes-Farley said:
Just one clue today:

1. There are more of me than all other elements in a reef tank combined.

What am I?

Good luck!
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Previous Reef Chemistry Puzzle:

Reef Chemistry Puzzle #4

Four clues today: 1. I don't dissolve in water when reefers use me 2. I love calcium 3. I hate chloride 4. My insides are more acidic than anywhere in a fish. What am I? Good luck! Previous Reef Chemistry Puzzle: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/reef-chemistry-puzzle-3.1017520/...

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Hydrogen atoms