Blog by Kraken Corals

Talk to any modern reefkeeper and very soon the subject of nitrate will arise. The bane of many a reefkeeper over the last thirty years, rising nitrate and ultimately uncontrollable nitrate levels have long been blamed for the browning of corals, and horrible, nuisance algae. But nitrate and its importance to the marine aquarium has now come full circle, and in three, recent back-to-back conversations with accomplished reefkeepers, all three complained that they didn’t have any nitrate, and were actively looking to create some! That’s the marine hobby...

We have had some issues with invasive brown clove polyps in one of our display tanks. We read online about some success with treating the tank with Panacur a form of wormer. Our experiences was mixed, here's what happened when we tried it.

So its been several months now (cant recall how many but its been a lot) since we got our Alkatronic but what do we think of it now after all this time testing.