Uncommon reefing products

[Spare time]

I was curious, what all are some not super common reefing products that you have used or recommend? We always see people mentioning big name brands, but what are some smaller companies that you like. For example, I like PNS probio and products, but they are not as common as bacterial products from big name companies. This could be lights, food, additives, etc.

 

[KrisReef]

Arm & Hammer is a big name but I don't think I have ever seen it mentioned for reefing?

 

[Kenneth Wingerter]

Willow's Reef makes a dry food called Coral Feast that is quite good. AquaChar is a great GAC/biomedium.

 

[Chrisv.]

Oh I'll play! I use an obscene number of syringes when doing tank maintenance. Perfect for target feeding corals etc. I also use these tiny little shot glass sized solo cups.

 

[ZoWhat]

SuperGlue Gel 2pack
$1 @ Dollar Tree

 

[mdb_talon]

Not really uncommon so much as things nonreefers would not expect to be used in the hobby. Whenever my wife sees an amazon order for pee cups, bulk disposable scalpels, 100 packs of razor blades, etc she just shakes her head.

 

[Gtinnel]

Many people know about it but I'm sure some don't, but JB Waterweld for a coral epoxy.

 

[KrisReef]

DampRid for Calcium.

 

[Gtinnel]

I used spectracide stump remover for nitrate and prestone driveway heat for calcium. I eventually went away from both because of the fear of contamination from the factory, but I never had an issue with using either product.

There is also the Bayer insecticide as a coral dip but I think everyone knows about that.

 

[Homebrewer]

Citric acid in bulk pouches for cleaning pumps, equipment, etc. Many brands. Food grade and a fraction of the price compared to the stuff sold at reefing supply stores.

It’s SO much cheaper that it causes me to clean more, which in turn makes my tank better. I highly, HIGHLY recommend.

 

[Paul B]

DampRid for Calcium.

I use those buckets of "Damp Rid" when I do water changes. I put 5 or 6 of them in my tank and they dry up all the old water. Then I add new water.

 

[Spare time]

Arm & Hammer is a big name but I don't think I have ever seen it mentioned for reefing?

I think historically their baking soda has been popular.

 

[Gtinnel]

I use those buckets of "Damp Rid" when I do water changes. I put 5 or 6 of them in my tank and they dry up all the old water. Then I add new water.

I was only wanting to do a small water change so I only dumped one bucket of Damp Rid in my tank. I don't see any difference in my water level but my tank is now really cloudy...what did I do wrong?

 

[Reef and Dive]

I’ve been using the entire Fauna Marin line of products with outstanding results.
I find it pretty curious it is very rarelly mentioned around here…

 

[Fishfreak2009]

I’ve been using the entire Fauna Marin line of products with outstanding results.
I find it pretty curious it is very rarelly mentioned around here…

Those are some gorgeous corals!

I personally use some of the Brightwell products, but love using lots of live phytoplankton of as many varieties as possible, as many varieties of live copepods as I can, and live PNS bacteria. I truly believe biological diversity is key to a healthy reef. When I started my reef I added PNS, Microbacter 7 from Brightwell, Stability from Seachem, Biospira from Instant Ocean, and PNS sauce, along with a handful of sand and some rubble from a local's 26 yr old reef tank that was started with all fiji live rock back in the day

 

[damsels are not mean]

whatever's on sale at the asian market for nori

 

[damsels are not mean]

amazon refugium lights

 

[LegendaryCG]

I bought a cheap $30 air stone skimmer off Amazon for my 20 IM tank and it works surprisingly well.

 

[ClownSchool]

I combined a Fluval Sea LED light strip with a Marineland Marine LED light strip and got great par readings and grew everything from Softies, LPS and SPS (mostly montis).

 

[N.Sreefer]

Don't see dulse mentioned often just nori all the time!