Reef Chemistry Articles by Randy Holmes - Farley

No DIY'er can be self respecting without reading and learning from Randy's excellent articles on Reef Chemistry. Here is a list of all of his Chemistry articles in chronological order.

2002

• Chemistry and the Aquarium: Specific Gravity: Oh How Complicated! - January (Advanced Aquarist .com)
• What is Alkalinity? - February (Advanced Aquarist .com)
• Calcium - March (Advanced Aquarist .com)
• The Chemical and Biochemical Mechanisms of Calcification - April (Advanced Aquarist .com)
• The Relationship Between Alkalinity and pH - May (Advanced Aquarist .com)
• Solutions to pH Problems - June (Advanced Aquarist .com)
• Calcium Carbonate as a Supplement - July (Advanced Aquarist .com)
• Iron in a Reef Tank - August (Advanced Aquarist .com)
• Phosphorus: Algae’s Best Friend - Septembe (Advanced Aquarist .com)m
• Iron Part 2: A Look at Organisms Other than Macroalgae - October (Advanced Aquarist .com)
• Solving Calcium and Alkalinity Problems - November (Advanced Aquarist .com)
• Boron in a Reef Tank - December (Advanced Aquarist .com)

2003

• Silica in Reef Aquariums - January (Advanced Aquarist .com)
• How to Select a Calcium and Alkalinity Supplementation Scheme - February (Advanced Aquarist .com)
• Iodine in Marine Aquaria: Part I - March (Advanced Aquarist .com)
• Iodine in Reef Tanks 2: Effects on Macroalgae Growth - April (Advanced Aquarist .com)
• Metals in Limewater - May (Advanced Aquarist .com)
• Seachem Borate Alkalinity Test Kit - June (Advanced Aquarist .com)
• Aluminum in the Reef Aquarium - July (Advanced Aquarist .com)
• Nitrate in the Reef Aquarium - August (Advanced Aquarist .com)
• The Salifert Boron Test Kit - September (Advanced Aquarist .com)
• Magnesium in Reef Aquaria - October (Advanced Aquarist .com)
• Strontium and the Reef Aquarium - November (Advanced Aquarist .com)
• Magnesium and Strontium in Limewater - December (Advanced Aquarist .com)

2004

• Tap Water in Reef Aquaria - January (Advanced Aquarist .com)
• Measuring pH with a Meter - February (Advanced Aquarist .com)
• Purity of Calcium Chloride - March (Advanced Aquarist .com)
• A Homemade Two-Part Calcium and Alkalinity Additive Systemy - April (Advanced Aquarist .com)
• Reef Aquarium Water Parameters - May (Reef Keeping .com)
• Reef Aquarium Salinity: Homemade Calibration Standards - June (Reef Keeping .com)
• Temperature Corrections for Hydrometers - July (Reef Keeping .com)
• Sea Urchins: A Chemical Perspective - August (Reef Keeping .com)
• Low pH: Causes and Cures - September (Reef Keeping .com)
• Organic Compounds in the Reef Aquarium - October (Reef Keeping .com)
• Iron Oxide Hydroxide (GFO) Phosphate Binders - November (Reef Keeping .com)
• When Do Calcium and Alkalinity Demand Not Exactly Balance? - December (Reef Keeping .com)

2005

• What Your Grandmother Never Told You About Lime - January (Reef Keeping .com)
• A Comparison of pH Calibration Buffers - February (Reef Keeping .com)
• High pH: Causes and Cures - March (Reef Keeping .com)
• Electronic Calcium Monitoring - April (Reef Keeping .com)
• Reverse Osmosis/Deionization Systems to Purify Tap Water for Reef Aquaria - May (Reef Keeping .com)
• Nitrite and the Reef Aquarium - June (Reef Keeping .com)
• What is that Precipitate in My Reef Aquarium? - July (Reef Keeping .com)
• The Units of Measure of Reefkeeping - August (Reef Keeping .com)
• Water Changes in Reef Aquaria - October (Reef Keeping .com)
• What is Seawater? - November (Reef Keeping .com)
• Hydrogen Sulfide and the Reef Aquarium - December (Reef Keeping .com)

2006

• An Improved Do-it-Yourself Two-Part Calcium and Alkalinity Supplement System - February (Reef Keeping .com)
• Ozone and the Reef Aquarium, Part 1: Chemistry and Biochemistry - March (Reef Keeping .com)